---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 2706"
citation: "Iowa HF 2706 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judges and court officials", "judicial elections", "magistrates", "salaries and wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-23"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04fb49b5-0265-468b-8da8-760c0bcf5761"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2706&ga=91"
source_hash: "1e7aa3e64e977bb64bc49b551ab74e91a77d02db452d8e89beb71ad4359b888d"
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 2706 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, 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/HF2706.html)
2. **Amendment H-8278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8278.pdf)
3. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF2706.html)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/HF2706.html)
5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF2706_GovLetter.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF2706.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **41–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-23** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2026-03-31** Amendment H-8278 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal note.
- **2026-04-01** Amendment H-8278 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-01** Passed House, yeas 84, nays 8. `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-02** Message from House.
- **2026-04-02** Read first time, attached to SF 2401. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-06** Fiscal note.
- **2026-04-07** Substituted for SF 2401.
- **2026-04-07** Passed Senate, yeas 41, nays 4. `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-07** Message from Senate.
- **2026-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-04-30** 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/04fb49b5-0265-468b-8da8-760c0bcf5761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).