---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act providing for congressional and legislative districts and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1279.) Effective date: Enactment, 11/04/2021."
description: "A bill for an act providing for congressional and legislative districts and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1279.) Effective date: Enactment, 11/04/2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 621"
citation: "Iowa SF 621 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["elections and politics", "general assembly", "legislative districts", "redistricting", "state house of representatives", "state senate", "united states house of representatives"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-28"
last_action: "2021-11-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeedfef1-a7fe-4a9d-b4b5-332feb185832"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 621&ga=89"
source_hash: "3967ce04cc3d1b8f0bdf1aecaff4639ffc5f03b6d0d74723450ba51af5451d21"
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 621 (2021-2022) — A bill for an act providing for congressional and legislative districts and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1279.) Effective date: Enactment, 11/04/2021.

## 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/89/attachments/SF621.html)
2. **Amendment S-3246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/89/S3246.pdf)
3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/89/attachments/SF621.html)
4. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/89/attachments/SF621.html)
5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/89/Attachments/SF621_GovLetter.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/89/attachments/SF621.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-28** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2021-10-28** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2021-10-28** Amendment S-3246 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-28** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 1. `passage`
- **2021-10-28** Immediate message.
- **2021-10-28** Message from Senate.
- **2021-10-28** Introduced, passed on file. `introduction`
- **2021-10-28** Substituted for HF 901.
- **2021-10-28** Passed House, yeas 93, nays 2. `passage`
- **2021-10-28** Explanation of vote.
- **2021-10-28** Immediate message.
- **2021-10-28** Message from House.
- **2021-11-03** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2021-11-04** 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/eeedfef1-a7fe-4a9d-b4b5-332feb185832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).