All Roll Calls
Yes: 136 • No: 0
IowaHF 31091st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care provider, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 9.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Signed by Governor
judiciary
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Bill Overview
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Stronger assault protections for health workers
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law expands who counts as a health care provider under Iowa’s assault law. It now covers emergency medical care providers, certain licensed staff when giving emergency care, and people giving health services while working, volunteering, or in training at hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, or nursing facilities. If an assault happens in a hospital, at the scene, or during unofficial out-of-hospital patient transport in an ambulance, the attacker is presumed to know the victim is a health care provider. These changes give broader legal protection to covered workers in those settings.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 47 • No: 0
House vote • 3/10/2025
Passed House
Yes: 89 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/28/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/19/2025SenateMessage from Senate.
4/9/2025SenateImmediate message.
4/8/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
4/8/2025SenatePlaced on calendar.
4/3/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/3/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/18/2025legislatureExplanation of vote.
3/18/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2025 12:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/17/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Webster, Bisignano, and Westrich.
3/13/2025legislatureRead first time, referred to Judiciary.
3/10/2025legislatureMessage from House.
3/10/2025HouseImmediate message.
3/10/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 89, nays 0.
3/10/2025HouseFiscal note.
2/25/2025legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/10/2025legislature
Bill Text
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