Enacting the psychology interjurisdictional compact

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2026
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 12, 2026
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill creates an interstate compact to allow psychologists from other states to practice telepsychology with patients living in Iowa, to practice “face-to-face” psychology on a temporary basis in Iowa, and to allow Iowa psychologists to practice telepsychology with patients in other states. The compact is intended to authorize regulatory authorities to afford legal recognition, in a manner consistent with the terms of the compact, to psychologists licensed in another state. The compact does not apply when a psychologist is licensed in both the “home” and “receiving” states. A commission is created to oversee the compact, which is effective upon the enactment into law by the seventh compact state.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named February 24, 2026. On February 25, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Dennis Guth REmail
• Sen. Matt Blake DEmail
• Sen. Jesse Green REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§147M.1

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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• HF 255 Enacting the psychology interjurisdictional compact
  91st General Assembly · In committee
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