republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2023-2024/hf-644.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to criminal law including depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witnesses who are minors, and juror qualifications, and including effective date provisions.	A bill for an act relating to criminal law including depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witnesses who are minors, and juror qualifications, and including effective date provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2023-2024	HF 644	Iowa HF 644 (2023-2024)	bill	criminal defenses criminal law criminal procedure defendants depositions evidence judicial administration judicial branch juries minors prosecutions subpoenas witnesses	enacted		7	26	3	2023-03-07	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f5f40a6c-bd58-49a5-97ae-067ce8af3ef3	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 644&ga=90	4badabec7099019023e523d5941b1f17083af8ba83a6d7499c0284467970c8c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 644 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to criminal law including depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witnesses who are minors, and juror qualifications, and including effective date provisions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1140 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1311 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-3178 (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
6. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2023-03-20 Fiscal note.
• 2023-03-21 Amendment H-1140 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-22 Amendment H-1140 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2023-03-22 Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. passage
• 2023-03-22 Immediate message.
• 2023-03-23 Message from House.
• 2023-03-23 Read first time, attached to SF 523. reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Fiscal note.
• 2023-03-30 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2023-04-25 Substituted for SF 523.
• 2023-04-25 Amendment S-3178 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-04-25 Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. passage
• 2023-04-25 Immediate message.
• 2023-04-26 Message from Senate.
• 2023-04-26 Senate amendment H-1311 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2023-04-27 Fiscal note.
• 2023-05-01 House concurred in Senate amendment H-1311.
• 2023-05-01 Passed House, yeas 94, nays 0. passage
• 2023-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2023-05-03 Explanation of vote.
• 2023-05-03 Explanation of vote.
• 2023-05-01 Immediate message.
• 2023-05-02 Message from House.
• 2023-05-09 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2023-05-26 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5f40a6c-bd58-49a5-97ae-067ce8af3ef3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).