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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2470: Relating to qualifications for holding professional licensure in this state, including the granting of licenses to persons licensed in other states and acquiring residence in Iowa, disqualification provisions for criminal convictions, the waiver of application fees, and licensee discipline, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

1 million in new license fee revenue. The cost for administering the background checks for the new licenses averaged $329,000. License fee revenue is retained by the professional licensing boards to cover expenses.

House subcommittee · named February 24, 2020

  • Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R) · jane.bloomingdale@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charlie McConkey (D)

Lobbying · 21 for, 9 against

For: Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa; Governor's Office; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists; Iowa Athletic Trainers Society; Iowa Bankers Association; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Cosmetology School Association; Iowa Dept. of Public Health; Iowa Funeral Directors Association; and 9 more

Against: American Council of Engineering Companies; Iowa Alliance For Retired Americans; Iowa Engineering Society; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Good Roads Association; Iowa State Education Association; Iowa Water Well Association; Plumbing Heating & Cooling Contractors of IA; Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 20, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 24, 2020House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Bloomingdale and McConkey
  3. February 27, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. June 13, 2020Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2470