HF803 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 464 ; See HF 2346 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2346 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 464 ; See HF 2346 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 464 ; See HF 2346 .)

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Bill History

2026-02-09 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2346 .
2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 4. Excused, 0. H.J. 198 .
2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 198 .
2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-01-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 1:00PM House Lounge.
2026-01-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee reassigned: Lawler, Watkins and Wichtendahl. H.J. 125 .
2026-01-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Lawler, Stone and Wichtendahl. H.J. 121 .
2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Judiciary. H.J. 896 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 522 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 464 ; See HF 2346 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

803

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

803

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

464)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

court-ordered

substance

use

disorder

1

evaluations

for

persons

convicted

of

operating

while

2

intoxicated.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

TLSB

2786HV

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th/ns

H.F.

803

Section

1.

Section

321J.2,

subsection

7,

paragraph

a,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

All

persons

convicted

of

an

offense

under

subsection

2

3

shall

be

ordered,

at

the

person’s

expense,

to

undergo

,

prior

4

to

sentencing,

a

substance

use

disorder

evaluation.

The

court

5

shall

order

the

person

to

follow

the

recommendations

proposed

6

in

the

substance

use

disorder

evaluation

as

provided

in

section

7

321J.3

.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

Under

current

law,

a

person

who

is

convicted

of

operating

12

while

intoxicated

must

pay

for

and

undergo

a

substance

use

13

disorder

evaluation

prior

to

sentencing.

This

bill

strikes

the

14

requirement

for

the

evaluation

to

occur

prior

to

sentencing.

15

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