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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions."
+description: "A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SF 639"
+citation: "Iowa SF 639 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["appellate procedure", "business entities", "commercial law", "courts", "judicial branch", "juries", "jurisdiction", "litigation", "salaries and wages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-22"
+last_action: "2026-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3618dc45-814b-4824-a4e4-67236d0a3e9a"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 639&ga=91"
+source_hash: "4d033efa0cb3345d6f92a87aca799983afadcdb5aaa791515f378b2b5b3c61db"
+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 639 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including 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/SF639.html)
+2. **Amendment H-8440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8440.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H-8447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8447.pdf)
+4. **Amendment H-8456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8456.pdf)
+5. **Amendment S-5255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5255.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF639.html)
+7. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF639_GovLetter.pdf)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF639.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **38–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-22** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-28** Fiscal note.
+- **2025-04-28** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-28** Immediate message.
+- **2025-04-29** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-04-30** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee: Nordman, Lundgren and Wilson.
+- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:15PM RM 102.
+- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-21** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-21** Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
+- **2026-04-22** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
+- **2026-04-30** Amendments H-8440 and H-8447 filed.
+- **2026-05-01** Amendment H-8456 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8440 adopted. `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8456, yeas 8, nays 77, lost.
+- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
+- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8447 adopted. `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-02** Passed House, yeas 79, nays 6. `passage`
+- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
+- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
+- **2026-05-02** Message from House, with amendment S-5255.
+- **2026-05-02** Senate concurred with S-5255.
+- **2026-05-02** Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 8. `passage`
+- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
+- **2026-05-02** Message from Senate.
+- **2026-05-18** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
+- **2026-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-02** Fiscal note.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3618dc45-814b-4824-a4e4-67236d0a3e9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+