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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 485: Relating to supervision requirements for licensed marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 10, 2021

  • Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)

Lobbying · 14 for, 0 against

For: American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; CHILDSERVE; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Hope Haven Area Development Center; Imagine the Possibilities; Iowa Association of Community Providers; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association; Lutheran Family Service; Mosaic; National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter; Nishna Productions Inc.; and 2 more

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2021Filed in the House
  2. March 8, 2021Passed the House
  3. March 8, 2021Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 10, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Koelker, Bisignano and Cournoyer
  5. March 23, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  6. March 24, 2022Sent to the Senate State Government committee

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/89/HF485