---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 648"
citation: "Iowa SF 648 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations", "civil procedure", "district courts", "iowa communications network", "judges and court officials", "judicial branch", "justice system appropriations", "juvenile courts", "management department", "reports", "salaries and wages", "state court administrator"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-06"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19e0d985-510c-40a6-8fce-ad711d7b0888"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 648&ga=91"
source_hash: "99dd8eb4c93798be08257a5ab96c85cefb56efa5073c61dda7b838f02af65d42"
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 648 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or translator fees, 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/SF648.html)
2. **Amendment S-3156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3156.pdf)
3. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF648.html)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF648.html)
5. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF648.html)
6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF648_GovLetter.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF648.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-06** Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-07** NOBA: Senate Full Approps
- **2025-05-12** Amendment S-3156 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Amendment S-3156 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13** Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 14. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Immediate message.
- **2025-05-13** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-13** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** NOBA: Senate Floor
- **2025-05-14** Substituted for HF 1048.
- **2025-05-14** Passed House, yeas 86, nays 1. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-05-21** NOBA: Final
- **2025-06-27** Explanations of votes.
- **2025-05-14** Immediate message.
- **2025-05-14** Message from House.
- **2025-05-23** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-06-11** 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/19e0d985-510c-40a6-8fce-ad711d7b0888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).