republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2017-2018/hf-233.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the use of step therapy protocols for prescription drugs by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 26.) Effective 7-1-17.	A bill for an act relating to the use of step therapy protocols for prescription drugs by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 26.) Effective 7-1-17.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	HF 233	Iowa HF 233 (2017-2018)	bill	drugs health health insurance prescription drugs therapy	enacted		7	25	3	2017-02-06	2017-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/71bef645-8910-4b06-91cd-b362f3e77e5b	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 233&ga=87	e4f88ca119ad6a2a1893e4fa9aca10fe68644c05352d0ef4f90ff662cbc96b10	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 233 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to the use of step therapy protocols for prescription drugs by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 26.) Effective 7-1-17.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1235 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1239 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1323 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-3302 (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2017-02-27 Fiscal note.
• 2017-03-23 Amendment H-1235 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-27 Amendment H-1239 to H-1235 filed, adopted.
• 2017-03-27 Amendment H-1235 adopted, as amended. amendment-passage
• 2017-03-27 Passed House, ayes 98, nays 0. passage
• 2017-03-28 Explanation of vote.
• 2017-03-27 Immediate message.
• 2017-03-27 Message from House.
• 2017-03-27 Read first time and attached to similar SF 436. reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Fiscal note.
• 2017-04-10 Substituted for SF 436.
• 2017-04-10 Amendment S-3302 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-10 Fiscal note.
• 2017-04-10 Passed Senate, ayes 47, nays 0. passage
• 2017-04-10 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-10 Message from Senate.
• 2017-04-10 Senate amendment H-1323 filed.
• 2017-04-12 House concurred H-1323.
• 2017-04-12 Passed House, ayes 97, nays 0. passage
• 2017-04-12 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-12 Message from House.
• 2017-04-25 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
• 2017-04-25 Sent to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71bef645-8910-4b06-91cd-b362f3e77e5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).