---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 311"
citation: "Iowa SF 311 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appellate procedure", "attorneys", "boards", "commissions", "and councils", "city government", "civil service", "collective bargaining", "hearings", "labor and employment", "public employees", "rules of civil procedure", "subpoenas", "termination of employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008633f7-870c-4074-98e6-fad60e0e84ab"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 311&ga=91"
source_hash: "76704e87da990f8fc15f3dedd99adfb300c92c438c9b7651cb17cae649a998ae"
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 311 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures 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/SF311.html)
2. **Amendment H-1246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1246.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3008.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3022.pdf)
5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF311.html)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF311.html)
7. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF311.html)
8. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF311_GovLetter.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF311.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- Shall amendment H-1246 be adopted? — **31–61** (fail) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **37–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Amendment S-3008 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Amendment S-3022 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Amendment S-3008 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, yeas 37, nays 9. `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-17** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-18** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-17** Substituted for HF 641.
- **2025-04-17** Amendment H-1246, yeas 31, nays 61, filed, lost.
- **2025-04-17** Passed House, yeas 81, nays 12. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-04-17** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-21** Message from House.
- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-19** 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/008633f7-870c-4074-98e6-fad60e0e84ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).