---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable."
description: "A bill for an act relating to midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 265"
citation: "Iowa HF 265 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["boards", "commissions", "and councils", "fees", "health-related professions", "midwifery", "professional licensure", "professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c132df25-90e4-46ad-9bc1-4179fb9652d3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 265&ga=90"
source_hash: "340c8fcb4906e9695838acc7901dd28c0d4b11a316f55e8dd2c68dad974c3c2b"
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 265 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable.

## 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/HF265.html)
2. **Amendment H-1351** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1351.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3218.pdf)
4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF265_GovLetter.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF265.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **91–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Introduced, referred to State Government. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Subcommittee: Kaufmann, Golding and Nielsen.
- **2023-02-23** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/27/2023 4:30PM House Lounge.
- **2023-02-27** Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- **2023-03-08** Fiscal note.
- **2023-03-21** Passed House, yeas 91, nays 3. `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Explanation of vote.
- **2023-03-21** Immediate message.
- **2023-03-22** Message from House.
- **2023-03-22** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Subcommittee: Webster, Jochum, and Schultz.
- **2023-03-28** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/28/2023 2:00PM Room G15.
- **2023-03-28** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Subcommittee: Schultz, Jochum, and Koelker.
- **2023-04-04** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/05/2023 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2023-04-05** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-05-02** Amendment S-3218 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Amendment S-3218 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 2. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-03** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-03** Senate amendment H-1351 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Fiscal note.
- **2023-05-03** House concurred in Senate amendment H-1351.
- **2023-05-03** Passed House, yeas 91, nays 2. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-04** Message from House.
- **2023-05-10** Fiscal note.
- **2023-05-11** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c132df25-90e4-46ad-9bc1-4179fb9652d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).