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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to state and local taxation and regulations by changing certain tax credits, cigarette and tobacco-related regulations, and certain city budget certification deadlines, providing for penalties, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to state and local taxation and regulations by changing certain tax credits, cigarette and tobacco-related regulations, and certain city budget certification deadlines, providing for penalties, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SF 612"
+citation: "Iowa SF 612 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["bonds", "cigarettes", "city government", "county government", "electronic records", "electronics", "excise taxes", "forms", "reports", "retail", "revenue department", "smoking", "taxation", "tobacco", "vapor products"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-19"
+last_action: "2025-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b46133bf-7ee1-4dd5-96c8-257b91bf32a1"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 612&ga=91"
+source_hash: "ae918b857463070ba94d0c23a586059ad27fd918f0a7648e2204032a95a272e0"
+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 SF 612 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to state and local taxation and regulations by changing certain tax credits, cigarette and tobacco-related regulations, and certain city budget certification deadlines, providing for penalties, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions.
+
+## 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/SF612.html)
+2. **Amendment H-1329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1329.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H-1353** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1353.pdf)
+4. **Amendment S-3190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3190.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF612.html)
+6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF612_GovLetter.pdf)
+7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF612.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **81–0** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-19** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
+- **2025-03-19** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Immediate message.
+- **2025-04-17** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-04-17** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-13** Rereferred to passed on file.
+- **2025-05-13** Amendment H-1329 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-14** Substituted for HF 1052.
+- **2025-05-14** Amendment H-1353 to amendment H-1329 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Amendment H-1329 adopted, as amended. `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed House, yeas 81, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2025-05-20** Explanation of vote.
+- **2025-06-27** Explanations of votes.
+- **2025-05-14** Immediate message.
+- **2025-05-14** Message from House, with amendment S-3190.
+- **2025-05-14** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-05-14** Senate concurred with S-3190.
+- **2025-05-14** Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Immediate message.
+- **2025-05-14** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-05-23** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
+- **2025-06-06** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b46133bf-7ee1-4dd5-96c8-257b91bf32a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+