Relating to proper parties in causes of actions following the death of persons entitled or liable to such causes of actions and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2021
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2021
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 2, 2021
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   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 16, 2021
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   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 9, 202148–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMarch 8, 2021
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   Done: Signed into lawMarch 8, 2021

SF 239 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 239, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 239 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

21 of the deceased. This bill provides that if such an action by the deceased is allowed to be continued, then the court shall appoint a personal representative for the deceased or shall allow a successor to continue the action. Personal representative is defined to mean the executor or administrator of the deceased person’s estate, and a successor is defined as the reasonably ascertainable beneficiary or beneficiaries who succeeded to the item of property under the decedent’s will, if the decedent died testate; if the decedent died intestate, the reasonably ascertainable person or persons who succeeded to the property under the laws of intestate succession of this state; and if the decedent received medical assistance benefits from the state, the Iowa Medicaid agency that provided the benefits.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

House subcommittee

Named January 13, 2021 (as HSB 35). On January 14, 2021 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Sandy Salmon REmail
• Rep. Dustin D. Hite R
• Rep. Ross Wilburn DEmail

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