---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 579"
citation: "Iowa SF 579 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["city government", "civil procedure", "civil rights", "civil rights commission", "local government", "rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2026-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24aed0f-66af-4e09-b57b-b6ced44ec8be"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 579&ga=91"
source_hash: "2b77bfa527c15f446dfe77a5a7f1b96d6d7fe7c86c91879fcb387eaa61965a51"
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 579 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, 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/SF579.html)
2. **Amendment H-8073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8073.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8091.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8157.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-5075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5075.pdf)
6. **Amendment S-5081** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5081.pdf)
7. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF579.html)
8. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF579_GovLetter.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF579.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-5081 to amendment S-5075 be adopted? — **16–29** (fail) · upper
- Shall the motion to concur be adopted? — **29–16** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **29–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-26** Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 4. `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-26** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-26** Read first time, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Subcommittee: Jones, Bloomingdale and Wichtendahl.
- **2025-03-31** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:15AM RM 102.
- **2025-04-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
- **2025-04-01** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-05-15** Rereferred to Local Government.
- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee: Wheeler, Wichtendahl and Williams.
- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/23/2026 4:00PM RM 103.
- **2026-02-23** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on calendar.
- **2026-03-02** Amendment H-8073 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Amendment H-8091 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Fiscal note.
- **2026-03-04** Amendment H-8157 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-05** Amendments H-8073 and H-8091 withdrawn.
- **2026-03-05** Point of order raised on H-8157, ruled not germane.
- **2026-03-05** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8157, yeas 60, nays 26.
- **2026-03-05** Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
- **2026-03-05** Amendment H-8157 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 26. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Immediate message.
- **2026-03-09** Message from House, with amendment S-5075.
- **2026-03-09** Deferred.
- **2026-03-09** Amendment S-5081 to S-5075 filed, lost.
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred with S-5075.
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 16. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Immediate message.
- **2026-03-09** Message from Senate.
- **2026-03-10** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24aed0f-66af-4e09-b57b-b6ced44ec8be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).