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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa."
+description: "A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HF 437"
+citation: "Iowa HF 437 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["college of liberal arts", "education", "university of iowa"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-17"
+last_action: "2025-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/537afd00-2666-4190-8fa4-7d2d0dcff86d"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 437&ga=91"
+source_hash: "3f2016772dcb6f6ad2da7a4b5f6b47dcffaaa77f475b72e882037dde844db60f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa HF 437 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF437.html)
+2. **Amendment H-1075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1075.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H-1098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1098.pdf)
+4. **Amendment H-1109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1109.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF437.html)
+6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/HF437.html)
+7. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF437_GovLetter.pdf)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF437.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **32–15** (pass) · upper
+- Shall amendment H-1109, to amendment H-1075, be adopted? — **32–65** (fail) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **60–37** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1098, to amendment H-1075? — **32–65** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-17** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2025-03-04** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-03-13** Amendment H-1075 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-17** Amendments H-1098 and H-1109 filed.
+- **2025-03-18** Point of order raised on amendment H-1098 to amendment H-1075, ruled not germane.
+- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1098 to amendment H-1075, yeas 32, nays 65.
+- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules failed.
+- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1109 to amendment H-1075, yeas 32, nays 65, lost.
+- **2025-03-18** Point of order raised on amendment H-1075, ruled not germane.
+- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1075.
+- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
+- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1075 adopted. `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 37. `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Immediate message.
+- **2025-03-19** Message from House.
+- **2025-03-19** Read first time, attached to SF 519. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-19** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2025-04-15** Substituted for SF 519.
+- **2025-04-15** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. `passage`
+- **2025-04-15** Immediate message.
+- **2025-04-16** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-11** Fiscal note.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/537afd00-2666-4190-8fa4-7d2d0dcff86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+