SF469 • 2026

A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (Formerly SSB 1121 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
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 creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (Formerly SSB 1121 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026

A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(Formerly SSB 1121 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-05-11 Iowa Legislature
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
2026-05-02 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 979 .
2026-05-02 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 1118 .
2026-05-02 Iowa Legislature
Explanations of votes. H.J. 1159 .
2026-05-02 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 58, nays 27. H.J. 1116 .
2026-05-01 Iowa Legislature
Placed on Ways and Means calendar. H.J. 1084 .
2026-05-01 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 7. Excused, 1. H.J. 1084 .
2026-05-01 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 1084 .
2025-05-15 Iowa Legislature
Rereferred to Ways and Means. H.J. 1222 .
2025-05-09 Iowa Legislature
Placed on Ways and Means calendar. H.J. 1114 .
2025-05-08 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 5. Excused, 6. H.J. 1114 .
2025-05-08 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 1114 .
2025-04-24 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-04-23 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/24/2025 12:00PM House Lounge.
2025-04-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Nordman, Baeth and Lundgren. H.J. 1035 .
2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature
Pursuant to Rule 31.7, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 878 .
2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7. H.J. 878 .
2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 878 .
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/25/2025 8:15AM RM 304.
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Ingels, Baeth and Weldon. H.J. 720 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 679 .
2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 663 .
2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 549 .
2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 40, nays 6. S.J. 547 .
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 383 .
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 380 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (Formerly SSB 1121 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate

File

469

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Enrolled

Senate

File

469

AN

ACT

CREATING

AN

EMERITUS

LICENSE

TO

PRACTICE

MEDICINE

AND

SURGERY

OR

OSTEOPATHIC

MEDICINE

AND

SURGERY.

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

148.4

Emeritus

license.

1.

The

board

shall

grant

an

emeritus

license

to

a

physician

and

surgeon

or

osteopathic

physician

and

surgeon

who

is

at

least

sixty

years

of

age,

who

is

or

will

be

primarily

engaged

in

the

practice

of

supervising

and

training

resident

physicians,

and

who

submits

an

application

on

a

form

prescribed

by

the

board.

2.

An

emeritus

license

issued

pursuant

to

this

section

shall

entitle

the

licensee

to

maintain

the

same

scope

of

practice

as

the

licensee

had

as

a

physician

and

surgeon

or

osteopathic

physician

and

surgeon.

3.

An

emeritus

license

issued

pursuant

to

this

section

shall

be

valid

for

three

years

from

the

date

of

issue

and

may

be

renewed

once.

4.

Notwithstanding

any

provision

of

law

to

the

contrary,

a

licensee

licensed

pursuant

to

this

section

is

not

required

to

complete

continuing

education

credits

to

maintain

or

renew

an

emeritus

license.

5.

The

application

and

renewal

fee

for

an

emeritus

license

shall

be

one

half

of

the

application

and

renewal

fees

for

a

license

to

practice

medicine

and

surgery

or

osteopathic

medicine

and

surgery.

Senate

File

469,

p.

2

6.

The

board

shall

adopt

rules

for

the

implementation

of

this

section,

including

a

rule

that

defines

“primarily

engaged

in

the

practice

of

supervising

and

training

resident

physicians”.

7.

The

board

shall

not

issue

a

license

pursuant

to

this

section

prior

to

January

1,

2026.

______________________________

AMY

SINCLAIR

President

of

the

Senate

______________________________

PAT

GRASSLEY

Speaker

of

the

House

I

hereby

certify

that

this

bill

originated

in

the

Senate

and

is

known

as

Senate

File

469,

Ninety-first

General

Assembly.

______________________________

W.

CHARLES

SMITHSON

Secretary

of

the

Senate

Approved

_______________,

2026

______________________________

KIM

REYNOLDS

Governor