republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2023-2024/hf-161.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to damage awards against health care providers, creating a medical error task force, and including effective date and applicability provisions.	A bill for an act relating to damage awards against health care providers, creating a medical error task force, and including effective date and applicability provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2023-2024	HF 161	Iowa HF 161 (2023-2024)	bill	civil procedure damages dependent persons health health-related professions injuries medical malpractice tort law	enacted		12	33	6	2023-01-30	2023-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b5e7756b-f1d0-469a-bc90-ff18a98988d7	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 161&ga=90	b9d400db642ae50c32897d69dacde49216cf59c1526842618c125513156cea67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 161 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to damage awards against health care providers, creating a medical error task force, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1002 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1003 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1004 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-1007 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-1013 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment H-1014 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment H-1015 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment H-1017 (committee substitute) — source
10. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
12. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall amendment H-1002, as amended, be adopted? — 24–75 (fail) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1014, as amended? — 58–41 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 54–46 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment H-1014, as amended, be adopted? — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 29–20 (pass) · upper
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1007, as amended? — 38–61 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2023-01-30 Amendment H-1002 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-01-31 Amendment H-1003 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-01 Amendment H-1004 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-02 Amendment H-1007 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-02-07 Fiscal note.
• 2023-02-07 Amendments H-1013, H-1014 and H-1015 filed.
• 2023-02-08 Amendments H-1003 and H-1004 to amendment H-1002 withdrawn.
• 2023-02-08 Amendment H-1017 to amendment H-1002 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-08 Amendment H-1002, as amended, yeas 24, nays 75, lost.
• 2023-02-08 Amendment H-1013 to amendment H-1007 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2023-02-08 Point of order raised on amendment H-1007, as amended, ruled not germane.
• 2023-02-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1007, as amended, yeas 38, nays 61.
• 2023-02-08 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2023-02-08 Amendment H-1015 to amendment H-1014 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2023-02-08 Point of order raised on amendment H-1014, as amended, ruled not germane.
• 2023-02-08 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1014, as amended, yeas 58, nays 41.
• 2023-02-08 Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
• 2023-02-08 Amendment H-1014, yeas 53, nays 45, adopted, as amended.
• 2023-02-08 Passed House, yeas 54, nays 46. passage
• 2023-02-08 Explanation of vote.
• 2023-02-08 Point of order raised pursuant to Art. III, Sect. 29, Const. of Iowa. B. Meyer object to title; ruled point not well taken.
• 2023-02-08 Immediate message.
• 2023-02-08 Message from House.
• 2023-02-08 Attached to SF 148.
• 2023-02-08 Substituted for SF 148.
• 2023-02-08 Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 20. passage
• 2023-02-15 Explanation of vote.
• 2023-02-08 Immediate message.
• 2023-02-09 Message from Senate.
• 2023-02-15 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2023-02-16 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-05-12 Fiscal note.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5e7756b-f1d0-469a-bc90-ff18a98988d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).