republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2023-2024/sf-228.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to tort liability, including employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles.	A bill for an act relating to tort liability, including employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2023-2024	SF 228	Iowa SF 228 (2023-2024)	bill	civil liability civil procedure commercial vehicles common carriers damages labor and employment motor vehicles tort claims acts tort law tort liability	enacted		14	27	9	2023-02-07	2023-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b268c67d-9a80-4d60-b4d9-d77c0bd59f82	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 228&ga=90	1362a52e3aaeb59bb28859099467620e0f84a85d1012ff91f8e9e2c39c17ca7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 228 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to tort liability, including employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1164 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-3029 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-3030 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-3031 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment S-3032 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment S-3033 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment S-3034 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment S-3035 (committee substitute) — source
10. Amendment S-3108 (committee substitute) — source
11. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
12. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
13. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
14. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall amendment S-3033 be adopted? — 17–32 (fail) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3029 be adopted? — 20–29 (fail) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 58–42 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment S-3034 be adopted? — 17–32 (fail) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3031 be adopted? — 34–15 (pass) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3032 be adopted? — 17–32 (fail) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 30–19 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3035 be adopted? — 17–32 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2023-02-07 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3032 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3033 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3031 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3029 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3030 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3034 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-22 Amendment S-3035 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-22 Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 19. passage
• 2023-02-22 Immediate message.
• 2023-02-23 Message from Senate.
• 2023-02-24 Read first time, passed on file. reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Amendment H-1164 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-28 Substituted for HF 201.
• 2023-03-28 Amendment H-1164 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2023-03-28 Passed House, yeas 58, nays 42. passage
• 2023-03-28 Immediate message.
• 2023-03-29 Message from House, with amendment S-3108.
• 2023-03-30 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2023-04-17 Deferred.
• 2023-04-17 Senate concurred with S-3108.
• 2023-04-17 Passed Senate, yeas 31, nays 19. passage
• 2023-04-17 Immediate message.
• 2023-04-18 Message from Senate.
• 2023-05-08 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2023-05-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b268c67d-9a80-4d60-b4d9-d77c0bd59f82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).