---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to individual licensees who provide child foster care."
description: "A bill for an act relating to individual licensees who provide child foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 584"
citation: "Iowa HF 584 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["children", "foster care", "health and human services department", "parental rights", "parents", "rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/835b1e4d-97b3-4a40-92c7-a506a967b324"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 584&ga=90"
source_hash: "d76cc58e2d704821a00e10a561e3d42bebcdc1c6d6cbb24e1aeef6f2575b0f52"
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 584 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to individual licensees who provide child foster care.

## 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/HF584.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF584_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF584.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Immediate message.
- **2023-03-13** Message from House.
- **2023-03-13** Read first time, referred to Health and Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Subcommittee: Guth, Evans, and Trone Garriott.
- **2023-03-14** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/15/2023 12:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2023-03-15** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-19** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-20** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-09** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-05-11** 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/835b1e4d-97b3-4a40-92c7-a506a967b324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).