republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-472.md

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Bill	A bill for an act creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, and including applicability provisions.	A bill for an act creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, and including applicability provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 472	Iowa HF 472 (2025-2026)	bill	freedom of speech freedom of the press newspapers rights	enacted		6	20	3	2025-02-19	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/4420bcca-8120-49af-bb03-17de3cc1da1f	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 472&ga=91	ef8a44dbbe98abe999c6910ca5e1229081b8fe0f49a5246c85a5a4690459ca3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 472 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, and including applicability provisions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1243 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-3105 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
5. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-11 Passed House, yeas 91, nays 0. passage
• 2025-03-12 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-03-19 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-03-11 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-12 Message from House.
• 2025-03-12 Read first time, attached to SF 47. reading-1
• 2025-04-03 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-16 Substituted for SF 47.
• 2025-04-16 Amendment S-3105 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-04-16 Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. passage
• 2025-04-16 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-17 Message from Senate.
• 2025-04-17 Senate amendment H-1243 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-24 House concurred in Senate amendment H-1243.
• 2025-04-24 Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0. passage
• 2025-04-24 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-28 Message from House.
• 2025-05-19 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4420bcca-8120-49af-bb03-17de3cc1da1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).