---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery."
description: "A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 469"
citation: "Iowa SF 469 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["fees", "health-related professions", "medical care", "medicine", "osteopathic medicine", "professional licensure", "surgery"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e609278-5c3b-4230-8bd7-8d9a88527110"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 469&ga=91"
source_hash: "6ade215dcebff26a5731fe79d840148d5185a979ad07ef058f06b1161220a9d8"
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 SF 469 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.

## 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/91/attachments/SF469.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF469.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF469_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF469.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **40–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-27** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, yeas 40, nays 6. `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-17** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-18** Read first time, referred to Health and Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Subcommittee: Ingels, Baeth and Weldon.
- **2025-03-19** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/25/2025 8:15AM RM 304.
- **2025-03-25** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.
- **2025-04-01** Pursuant to Rule 31.7, referred to Ways and Means.
- **2025-04-22** Subcommittee: Nordman, Baeth and Lundgren.
- **2025-04-23** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/24/2025 12:00PM House Lounge.
- **2025-04-24** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 5. Excused, 6.
- **2025-05-09** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- **2025-05-15** Rereferred to Ways and Means.
- **2026-05-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-01** Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 7. Excused, 1.
- **2026-05-01** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- **2026-05-02** Passed House, yeas 58, nays 27. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Explanations of votes.
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from House.
- **2026-05-11** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-06-02** 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/5e609278-5c3b-4230-8bd7-8d9a88527110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).