republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-571.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties.	A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 571	Iowa HF 571 (2025-2026)	bill	freedom of speech health-related professions medical care whistleblower protection	enacted		8	29	2	2025-02-24	2026-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/02c9e7bf-12e7-4b32-9ead-d4389064e5a1	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 571&ga=91	9792dbdc0961e2258d0c36ee4bebd9a02ba169bc7da6118b3f0c32a8119a10b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 571 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1064 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8174 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-5078 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 30–16 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 64–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-24 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-11 Amendment H-1064 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-26 Amendment H-1064 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-03-26 Passed House, yeas 64, nays 32. passage
• 2025-04-22 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-03-26 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-27 Message from House.
• 2025-03-27 Read first time, attached to SF 220. reading-1
• 2025-04-03 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-06-16 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Subcommittee: Taylor, Blake, and Green.
• 2026-01-16 Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 10:00AM Room 315.
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-04 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-09 Amendment S-5078 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 16. passage
• 2026-03-09 Immediate message.
• 2026-03-09 Message from Senate.
• 2026-03-09 Senate amendment H-8174 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-23 House concurred in Senate amendment H-8174.
• 2026-03-23 Passed House, yeas 63, nays 27. passage
• 2026-03-24 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-03-30 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-03-31 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-03-23 Immediate message.
• 2026-03-23 Message from House.
• 2026-05-06 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02c9e7bf-12e7-4b32-9ead-d4389064e5a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).