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

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions.	A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 472	Iowa SF 472 (2025-2026)	bill	bargaining claims collective bargaining district courts employment appeal board public employees records and publications tort law unions	enacted		7	33	1	2025-02-27	2026-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3a6cc7f4-887c-4a9f-a175-2c5ea56dd6ac	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 472&ga=91	fe51c1cc295c0196eba08163d111785fc83fdf717e0efc7609182f80ddce84cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 472 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and 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-8419 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8420 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8421 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
6. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 32–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-02-27 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. passage
• 2025-03-10 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-10 Message from Senate.
• 2025-03-26 Read first time, referred to Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-03-28 Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Lawler and Olson.
• 2025-03-31 Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 12:30PM RM 102.
• 2025-04-01 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2025-04-02 Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
• 2025-04-02 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-05-15 Rereferred to Judiciary.
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee: Holt, Olson and Thomson, C.
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 12:30PM RM 103.
• 2026-03-11 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.
• 2026-03-19 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-26 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2026-04-28 Amendment H-8421 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-28 Point of order raised on H-8421, ruled not germane.
• 2026-04-28 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8421, yeas 35, nays 55.
• 2026-04-28 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2026-04-28 Amendment H-8419 deferred.
• 2026-04-28 Amendment H-8420, yeas 32, nays 57, filed, lost.
• 2026-04-28 Amendment H-8419, yeas 32, nays 58, filed, lost.
• 2026-04-28 Passed House, yeas 56, nays 34. passage
• 2026-04-28 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-28 Message from House.
• 2026-05-05 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a6cc7f4-887c-4a9f-a175-2c5ea56dd6ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).