A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program, and including effective date provisions.
SF 615 adds work requirements for participants in Iowa's health and wellness plan and Medicaid for employed people with disabilities, directly affecting eligible residents receiving these specific public assistance benefits. The bill requires individuals to meet certain work or training hours to maintain eligibility, alongside provisions for related funding mechanisms like the information technology fund and public assistance modernization fund. It became law after the Governor signed it on June 6, 2025, implementing these new eligibility conditions for the specified programs. The policy change modifies existing program rules without altering benefit amounts or creating new programs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025
Signed Jun 6, 2025
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Enrolled with Governor's Action
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3 edits
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Jun 6, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a line-by-line legislative markup to a standard readable format, but the substantive policy content remains unchanged. The bill establishes work requirements for the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan, creates an information technology fund, and modifies Medicaid eligibility rules for employed people with disabilities.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and presentation were updated from legislative markup to final enrolled text.
TECHNICAL
The document was converted from a line-by-line legislative markup format (with deletion and insertion markers) to a standard readable bill format with proper section headings and paragraph numbering.
Added certification signatures from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Secretary of the Senate, along with the Governor's action line, which were present in the enrolled version but not in the markup.
Removed all legislative markup symbols (dashes, plus signs, line numbers, and page references) that were used to indicate edits during the legislative process.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2025 · House Mar 26, 2025
How they voted
32–15
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 25, 2025
D
Democratic16
93% Nay
R
Republican33
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
1
Amendments
6
Jun 6, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 56, nays 30.
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendment H-1342, yeas 55, nays 31.
lower
May 13, 2025
Introduced
Senate amendment H-1342 filed.
lower
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 13.
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred with S-3059, as amended.
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-3168 to S-3059 filed, adopted.
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
Message from House, with amendment S-3059.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 61, nays 35.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment H-1198 adopted.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Amendment H-1200 to amendment H-1198 filed, withdrawn.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendment H-1198 filed.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 15.
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendment S-3054 filed, lost.
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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