---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa."
description: "A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 437"
citation: "Iowa HF 437 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["college of liberal arts", "education", "university of iowa"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-17"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/537afd00-2666-4190-8fa4-7d2d0dcff86d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 437&ga=91"
source_hash: "3f2016772dcb6f6ad2da7a4b5f6b47dcffaaa77f475b72e882037dde844db60f"
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 HF 437 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa.

## 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/HF437.html)
2. **Amendment H-1075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1075.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1098.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-1109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1109.pdf)
5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF437.html)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/HF437.html)
7. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF437_GovLetter.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF437.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment H-1109, to amendment H-1075, be adopted? — **32–65** (fail) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1098, to amendment H-1075? — **32–65** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Fiscal note.
- **2025-03-13** Amendment H-1075 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Amendments H-1098 and H-1109 filed.
- **2025-03-18** Point of order raised on amendment H-1098 to amendment H-1075, ruled not germane.
- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1098 to amendment H-1075, yeas 32, nays 65.
- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules failed.
- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1109 to amendment H-1075, yeas 32, nays 65, lost.
- **2025-03-18** Point of order raised on amendment H-1075, ruled not germane.
- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1075.
- **2025-03-18** Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
- **2025-03-18** Amendment H-1075 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 37. `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-19** Message from House.
- **2025-03-19** Read first time, attached to SF 519. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Fiscal note.
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-15** Substituted for SF 519.
- **2025-04-15** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-16** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/537afd00-2666-4190-8fa4-7d2d0dcff86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).