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SF 469 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.

SF 469 establishes an "emeritus license" for physicians and surgeons, including osteopathic physicians, in Iowa. This license is available to individuals aged 60 or older who are primarily engaged in supervising and training resident physicians. Holders of an emeritus license can maintain their full scope of practice and are exempt from continuing education requirements. The license is valid for three years, renewable once, and carries half the application and renewal fees of a standard license, with initial licenses not issued before January 1, 2026.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Signed Jun 2, 2026
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Enrolled → Enrolled with Governor's Action · 1 edit · May 11, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from a line-by-line text version to a standard legal document layout with paragraph numbering and proper spacing. No substantive policy changes, eligibility criteria, fees, or dates were altered; the content remains identical to the original enrolled version.
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Converted the text from a vertical, line-separated format into a standard horizontal document layout with paragraph numbers and aligned signatures.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025

How they voted

39–6
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 49
Mar 17, 2025
D Democratic16
7 Yea 6 Nay 3
43% Yea
R Republican33
32 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
16
Committee
15
Jun 2, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
May 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 58, nays 27.
lower
May 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 7. Excused, 1.
lower
May 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
May 15, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Ways and Means.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 5. Excused, 6.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Apr 23, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/24/2025 12:00PM House Lounge.
legislature
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Nordman, Baeth and Lundgren.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Pursuant to Rule 31.7, referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 19, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/25/2025 8:15AM RM 304.
legislature
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Ingels, Baeth and Weldon.
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 40, nays 6.
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.