---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 639"
citation: "Iowa SF 639 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appellate procedure", "business entities", "commercial law", "courts", "judicial branch", "juries", "jurisdiction", "litigation", "salaries and wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3618dc45-814b-4824-a4e4-67236d0a3e9a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 639&ga=91"
source_hash: "4d033efa0cb3345d6f92a87aca799983afadcdb5aaa791515f378b2b5b3c61db"
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 639 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, 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/SF639.html)
2. **Amendment H-8440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8440.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8447.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8456.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-5255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5255.pdf)
6. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF639.html)
7. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF639_GovLetter.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF639.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **38–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Fiscal note.
- **2025-04-28** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-29** Message from Senate.
- **2025-04-30** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee: Nordman, Lundgren and Wilson.
- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:15PM RM 102.
- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-21** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
- **2026-04-22** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- **2026-04-30** Amendments H-8440 and H-8447 filed.
- **2026-05-01** Amendment H-8456 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8440 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8456, yeas 8, nays 77, lost.
- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8447 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-02** Passed House, yeas 79, nays 6. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from House, with amendment S-5255.
- **2026-05-02** Senate concurred with S-5255.
- **2026-05-02** Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 8. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from Senate.
- **2026-05-18** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-02** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3618dc45-814b-4824-a4e4-67236d0a3e9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).