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Enacting the dietitian licensure compact
Sponsored by the House State Government Committee
Topics:State governmentProfessional licensing
Same legislation: HSB 119
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 4, 202595–0
- Done: Senate committeeApril 2, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 14, 202545–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMay 6, 2025
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would join a group of states that allows dietitians to work in different member states without needing a new license for each one. This agreement sets minimum rules for how dietitians are licensed and creates a commission to manage the system. A new data system would also be used to keep track of these licenses.1
Read the official explanation
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill establishes the dietitian licensure compact. The compact establishes a system whereby a dietitian licensed to practice in one member state may practice in another member state under a multistate license without applying for a license in that state. The compact imposes certain minimum requirements on the licensure of dietitians in member states. The compact creates a commission to administer the operation of the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the member states. The compact includes provisions relating to the establishment and membership of the commission; powers of the commission, meetings and voting requirements of the commission; commission bylaws and rules; commission committees; commission finances; the establishment of a licensure data system; oversight by member states; compacting state compliance; venue for judicial proceedings; defense and indemnification; effective dates and amendments to the compact; withdrawal, default, and expulsion; severability and construction; and the binding effect of the compact and other laws. The compact becomes effective upon the adoption of the compact by the seventh participating state.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 11, 2025. On March 24, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
2 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 24, 2025 (1), February 5, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2375 Enacting the dietitian licensure compact90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
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