---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable."
description: "A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 879"
citation: "Iowa HF 879 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["infrastructure", "utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ee61eeb-8a7d-4c31-8a62-dddd2e40f4cc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 879&ga=91"
source_hash: "79627021baa59e9d726834dc863fc02a558d71b4302f6ac674df1c3b8dcaefaf"
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 879 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.

## 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/HF879.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF879.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF879_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF879.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Fiscal note.
- **2025-03-19** Passed House, yeas 94, nays 2. `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-20** Message from House.
- **2025-03-20** Read first time, attached to SF 577. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Fiscal note.
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-14** Substituted for SF 577.
- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-15** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-01** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ee61eeb-8a7d-4c31-8a62-dddd2e40f4cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).