republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-474.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki eligibility for inmates of public institutions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki eligibility for inmates of public institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 474"
citation: "Iowa SF 474 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["behavioral health service system", "buildings", "child assistance", "children", "commitment proceedings", "courts", "family assistance", "health and human services department", "healthy and well kids in iowa program", "housing", "inmates", "inspections", "appeals", "and licensing department", "juvenile courts", "juvenile justice", "juveniles", "mental health", "psychiatric hospitals", "residence", "residential care facilities", "residential property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d58ea66c-f11c-4839-8f3a-0630cb7f0f56"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 474&ga=91"
source_hash: "2455044a8d684f3089c110c842af312e3f0a33ae2ef0556a0427c6025a7a769c"
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 SF 474 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki eligibility for inmates of public institutions.

## 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/91/attachments/SF474.html)
2. **Amendment H-1266** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1266.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3098.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3125.pdf)
5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF474.html)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF474.html)
7. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF474.html)
8. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF474_GovLetter.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF474.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-03** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-14** Amendment S-3098 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment S-3098 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-17** Message from Senate.
- **2025-04-17** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Substituted for HF 984.
- **2025-04-22** Amendment H-1266 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-23** Message from House, with amendment S-3125.
- **2025-04-29** Senate concurred with S-3125.
- **2025-04-29** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-30** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-19** 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/d58ea66c-f11c-4839-8f3a-0630cb7f0f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).