IA HF 398

enacted

A bill for an act relating to the duties of the director of the department of corrections, the board of corrections, superintendents, and district directors.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did IA HF 398 pass?

Yes. IA HF 398 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-06): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 398 about?

IA HF 398 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to the duties of the director of the department of corrections, the board of corrections, superintendents, and district directors.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 398?

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT is the primary sponsor of IA HF 398.

Introduced: 2025-02-13
Latest action: 2025-05-06 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

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2025-05-06
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-05-06
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-04-17
Message from Senate.
2025-04-17
Immediate message.
2025-04-17
Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15.
passage
2025-04-10
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-04-02
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-02
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2025-03-19
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-18
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-17
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2025 1:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-03-13
Subcommittee: Reichman, Green, and Townsend.
2025-03-12
Read first time, referred to State Government.
reading-1
2025-03-12
Message from House.
2025-03-12
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-11
Immediate message.
2025-03-11
Passed House, yeas 62, nays 29.
passage
2025-02-13
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-11 · pass · 62-29
Member-level votes (102)
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Cisneros: yes
- Collins: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dieken: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Wills: yes
- Amos: no
- Jr.: no
- Baeth: no
- Bagniewski: no
- Brown-Powers: no
- Cooling: no
- Ehlert: no
- Gjerde: no
- Gosa: no
- James: no
- Johnson, R.: no
- Judge: no
- Konfrst: no
- Kressig: no
- Kurth: no
- Levin: no
- Madison: no
- Matson: no
- McBurney: no
- Meyer, B.: no
- Nielsen: no
- Olson: no
- Scheetz: no
- Scholten: no
- Srinivas: no
- Turek: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- Zabner: no
- Croken: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Harris: absent
- Jacoby: absent
- Jeneary: absent
- Lundgren: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Wilson: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-17 · pass · 32-15
Member-level votes (50)
- Alons: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Bennett: no
- Bisignano: no
- Blake: no
- Donahue: no
- Dotzler: no
- Knox: no
- Petersen: no
- Quirmbach: no
- Staed: no
- Townsend: no
- Trone: no
- Garriott: no
- Wahls: no
- Weiner: no
- Winckler: no
- Zimmer: no
- Celsi: absent
- Lofgren: absent
- Zumbach: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 398&ga=91

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