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HF310 • 2026

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.

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.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Last action
2025-05-28
Official status
Signed by Governor . H.J. 1225 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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.

A bill for an act relating to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care provider, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-28 Iowa Legislature

    Signed by Governor . H.J. 1225 .

  2. 2025-05-19 Iowa Legislature

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1224 .

  3. 2025-04-09 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 919 .

  4. 2025-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 730 .

  5. 2025-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 729 .

  6. 2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar.

  7. 2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 692 .

  8. 2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  9. 2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature

    Explanation of vote. H.J. 718 .

  10. 2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2025 12:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  11. 2025-03-13 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Webster, Bisignano, and Westrich. S.J. 513 .

  12. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 457 .

  13. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Message from House. S.J. 457 .

  14. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. H.J. 590 .

  15. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Passed House , yeas 89, nays 0. H.J. 584 .

  16. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  17. 2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 278 .

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF IOWA
K IM REYNOLDS
G OVERNOR
May 28, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 310, an Act relating to assaults on a person engaged in certain occupations
including a health care provider, and making penalties applicable.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
rely,
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Governor o
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Clerk of the House
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House File 310
AN ACT
RELATING TO ASSAULTS ON PERSONS ENGAGED IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS
INCLUDING A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, AND MAKING PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 708.3A, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
d. " Health care provider - means an emergency medical care
provider as defined in chapter 147A or a person licensed
or registered under chapter 148, 148C, 148D, or 152 who is
providing or who is attempting to provide emergency medical
services, as defined in section 147A.1, or anyone who is
providing or who i3 attempting to provide hczalth services
a3 defined in section 10A.711 in working, volunteering, or
participating in an educational course of instruction at a
hospital or rural emergency hospital as defined in chapter
135B, or at a nursing facility as defined in chapter 135C. A
person who commits an assault under this section against a
health care provider in a hospital, or at the scene or during
House File 310, p. 2
out- of- hospital patient transportation in an ambulance, is
presumed to know that the person against whom the assault is
committed is a health care provider.
•/ i PAT GRASS, , Y
Speaker 4f the House
AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 310, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approv
ME ' N NELSON
C• - Clerk o! • he House
2025 } f • . • . t _ _
KIM - NOLDS
Governor