All Roll Calls
Yes: 133 • No: 0
IowaHF 249891st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact. (Formerly HF 930, HSB 291.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Signed by Governor
state government
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Faster podiatrist licensing with fees
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa joins a compact offering eligible podiatrists faster access to full, unrestricted licenses in member states. The compact requires at least four states to enact it before it takes effect. Applicants must meet education, testing, residency, specialty-certification, license, and conduct standards and complete registration and a fingerprint background check. Approved federal employee suitability checks qualify for an exception. Applications go through a principal licensing state, avoiding repeated checks of fixed qualifications by other states. That state must qualify through residence, at least 25% of practice, employer location, or federal tax residence when none applies. Renewals go through the commission and require an unrestricted principal-state license, qualifying conduct history, and the issuing state's continuing education. States can charge license and renewal fees; the law sets no amounts, and background checks also carry costs. Each license remains subject to the issuing state's laws, and care follows the law where the patient is located.
Podiatrist discipline follows across state lines
Beginning July 1, 2026, discipline against a compact-licensed podiatrist counts as unprofessional conduct in other member states. Those states can impose their own discipline. When the principal state suspends or revokes the license, other compact licenses automatically take the same status. The same applies to surrender or relinquishment in place of discipline. Restoring the principal-state license does not automatically lift other states' restrictions; each board must act separately.
Shared investigations strengthen podiatry oversight
Beginning July 1, 2026, the compact commission must maintain a database of podiatrists applying for or holding compact licenses. Boards must report public actions and complaints, plus information required by commission rules, and share complaint or discipline information on request. Shared information is confidential, filed under seal, and limited to investigations or discipline; FBI criminal records cannot go to the commission. Boards can investigate together and share investigation, litigation, and compliance materials. Subpoenas issued for joint investigations are enforceable across member states.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/22/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 44 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
Passed House
Yes: 89 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
6/2/2026HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/18/2026HouseMessage from Senate.
4/22/2026HouseImmediate message.
4/22/2026SenatePassed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0.
4/22/2026SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
3/26/2026SenatePlaced on calendar.
3/11/2026legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
3/11/2026SenateSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/3/2026legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/03/2026 2:00PM Room 315.
3/2/2026legislatureSubcommittee: Salmon, Blake, and Green.
2/26/2026SenateRead first time, referred to State Government.
2/24/2026SenateMessage from House.
2/24/2026SenateImmediate message.
2/23/2026HousePassed House, yeas 89, nays 0.
2/23/2026HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/16/2026House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
Related Bills
HF 2801, A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/2026.
SF 2472, A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions of revenue, and funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, establishing a program for first-time homebuyers, modifying and making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3001.) Effective date: 05/18/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027, 07/01/2027, 07/01/2028.
SF 2399, A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
SF 2471, A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
HF 2601, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduct, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 2044.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
SF 2299, A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. (Formerly SF 2176.) Vetoed 6-2-26.