---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 472"
citation: "Iowa SF 472 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["bargaining", "claims", "collective bargaining", "district courts", "employment appeal board", "public employees", "records and publications", "tort law", "unions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6cc7f4-887c-4a9f-a175-2c5ea56dd6ac"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 472&ga=91"
source_hash: "fe51c1cc295c0196eba08163d111785fc83fdf717e0efc7609182f80ddce84cf"
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 472 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and 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/SF472.html)
2. **Amendment H-8419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8419.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8420** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8420.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8421** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8421.pdf)
5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF472.html)
6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF472_GovLetter.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF472.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **32–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE — 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`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-10** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-26** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Lawler and Olson.
- **2025-03-31** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 12:30PM RM 102.
- **2025-04-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-05-15** Rereferred to Judiciary.
- **2026-03-10** Subcommittee: Holt, Olson and Thomson, C.
- **2026-03-10** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 12:30PM RM 103.
- **2026-03-11** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.
- **2026-03-19** Placed on calendar.
- **2026-03-26** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2026-04-28** Amendment H-8421 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Point of order raised on H-8421, ruled not germane.
- **2026-04-28** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8421, yeas 35, nays 55.
- **2026-04-28** Motion to suspend rules failed.
- **2026-04-28** Amendment H-8419 deferred.
- **2026-04-28** Amendment H-8420, yeas 32, nays 57, filed, lost.
- **2026-04-28** Amendment H-8419, yeas 32, nays 58, filed, lost.
- **2026-04-28** Passed House, yeas 56, nays 34. `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-28** Message from House.
- **2026-05-05** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-05-19** 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/3a6cc7f4-887c-4a9f-a175-2c5ea56dd6ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).