---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to home inspections, including persons authorized to perform home inspections and requirements for independent home inspection reports, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable."
description: "A bill for an act relating to home inspections, including persons authorized to perform home inspections and requirements for independent home inspection reports, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 460"
citation: "Iowa SF 460 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["architecture", "buildings", "fees", "housing", "inspections", "labor and employment", "misdemeanors", "professional licensure", "professions", "reports", "residence", "residential property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b52cfaf-e3c1-46a6-8011-ae357b7d19eb"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 460&ga=91"
source_hash: "c88209601fcbfeac7de68bbc06dccf2ef2729b1282514bc3f453b276837c2f6c"
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 460 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to home inspections, including persons authorized to perform home inspections and requirements for independent home inspection reports, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

## 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/SF460.html)
2. **Amendment S-3023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3023.pdf)
3. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF460.html)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF460.html)
5. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF460.html)
6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF460_GovLetter.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF460.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-27** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Fiscal note.
- **2025-03-17** Amendment S-3023 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment S-3023 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-26** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-26** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-26** Read first time, referred to Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Subcommittee: Lawler, Blom and Wilson.
- **2025-03-27** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:00AM RM 19.
- **2025-04-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 3.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-08** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-04-08** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-08** Message from House.
- **2025-04-17** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b52cfaf-e3c1-46a6-8011-ae357b7d19eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).