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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 644"
citation: "Iowa HF 644 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal defenses", "criminal law", "criminal procedure", "defendants", "depositions", "evidence", "judicial administration", "judicial branch", "juries", "minors", "prosecutions", "subpoenas", "witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5f40a6c-bd58-49a5-97ae-067ce8af3ef3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 644&ga=90"
source_hash: "4badabec7099019023e523d5941b1f17083af8ba83a6d7499c0284467970c8c8"
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 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](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF644.html)
2. **Amendment H-1140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1140.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1311** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1311.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3178.pdf)
5. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF644.html)
6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF644_GovLetter.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF644.html)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5f40a6c-bd58-49a5-97ae-067ce8af3ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).