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SF615Introduced in the Senate

A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 599, SF 363.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025.

Passed

Introduced by Appropriations

What does this bill do?

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 599, SF 363.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025.

Where it stands

Signed by Governor. S.J. 1053.

June 6, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Shall the bill pass? · May 14, 2025

56

Yes

30

No

14

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
J.D. Scholten1No
Robert Henderson2Yes
Thomas Jeneary3Yes
Skyler Wheeler4Absent
Zachary Dieken5Absent
Megan Hess Jones6Yes
Michael Sexton7Yes
Ann Meyer8Absent
Henry Stone9Yes
John Wills10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. S.J. 621.

  2. Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 621.

  3. Fiscal note.

  4. Amendment S-3054 filed, lost. S.J. 634.

  5. Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 15. S.J. 635.

  6. Immediate message. S.J. 636.

  7. Message from Senate. H.J. 810.

  8. Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 810.

  9. Amendment H-1198 filed. H.J. 815.

  10. Substituted for HF 948. H.J. 846.

  11. Amendment H-1200 to amendment H-1198 filed, withdrawn. H.J. 846.

  12. Amendment H-1198 adopted. H.J. 846.

  13. Passed House, yeas 61, nays 35. H.J. 847.

  14. Explanation of vote. H.J. 1034.

  15. Immediate message. H.J. 850.

  16. Message from House, with amendment S-3059. S.J. 656.

  17. Fiscal note.

  18. Amendment S-3168 to S-3059 filed, adopted. S.J. 988.

  19. Senate concurred with S-3059, as amended. S.J. 988.

  20. Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 13. S.J. 988.

  21. Immediate message. S.J. 990.

  22. Message from Senate. H.J. 1172.

  23. Senate amendment H-1342 filed. H.J. 1178.

  24. Fiscal note.

  25. House concurred in Senate amendment H-1342, yeas 55, nays 31. H.J. 1185.

  26. Passed House, yeas 56, nays 30. H.J. 1186.

  27. Explanation of vote. H.J. 1223.

  28. Explanations of votes. H.J. 1224.

  29. Immediate message. H.J. 1197.

  30. Message from House. S.J. 1010.

  31. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1050.

  32. Fiscal note.

  33. Signed by Governor. S.J. 1053.

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