---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 171"
citation: "Iowa SF 171 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["boundaries (property)", "education department", "elections and politics", "school districts", "voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8157dbe0-02ee-491c-8e64-4e0a02d74b28"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 171&ga=91"
source_hash: "b27e013d3630df6d7ccbd094dc8d63bdf9972e063d1875a402678d91455fec2c"
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 171 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability 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/SF171.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF171.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF171_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF171.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Immediate message.
- **2025-02-19** Message from Senate.
- **2025-02-20** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** Substituted for HF 174.
- **2025-02-20** Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Immediate message.
- **2025-02-24** Message from House.
- **2025-03-11** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-03-12** 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/8157dbe0-02ee-491c-8e64-4e0a02d74b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).