---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of organized retail theft, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of organized retail theft, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2594"
citation: "Iowa HF 2594 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal law", "felonies", "misdemeanors", "retail", "theft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/480348a7-063a-463d-8ae7-5e8a5f6963f3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2594&ga=90"
source_hash: "88b63dc0a863751d053f24c3aba35fad657715f9a7e875f20f6848ced954ed1d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 2594 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of organized retail theft, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF2594.html)
2. **Amendment S-5089** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5089.pdf)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2594_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2594.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-19** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Fiscal note.
- **2024-02-27** Passed House, yeas 97, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Explanations of votes.
- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-02-27** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-28** Message from House.
- **2024-02-28** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Subcommittee: Webster, Knox, and Reichman.
- **2024-03-04** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/06/2024 3:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2024-03-06** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on calendar.
- **2024-03-20** Amendment S-5089 filed, ruled out of order. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-20** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Immediate message.
- **2024-03-21** Message from Senate.
- **2024-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-04-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-03** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/480348a7-063a-463d-8ae7-5e8a5f6963f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).