republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-2542.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties.	A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 2542	Iowa HF 2542 (2025-2026)	bill	criminal law habitual offenders	enacted		12	40	1	2026-02-16	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/25e0b79f-99da-42f6-95a9-0591bc92d213	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2542&ga=91	fcaa00182a5465837ab44513b5ec8640ae8bd0859d3491b3f880596ec996112e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 2542 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8116 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8120 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8121 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-8124 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-8470 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment S-5126 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment S-5252 (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
10. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
12. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 39–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-16 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2026-03-03 Amendment H-8116 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-03 Amendments H-8120, H-8121 and H-8124 filed.
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal note.
• 2026-03-04 Point of order raised on amendment H-8121, ruled not germane.
• 2026-03-04 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8121, yeas 31, nays 64.
• 2026-03-04 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2026-03-04 Point of order raised on amendment H-8124, ruled not germane.
• 2026-03-04 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8124, yeas 33, nays 62.
• 2026-03-04 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2026-03-04 Amendment H-8116 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Amendment H-8120, yeas 31, nays 63, lost.
• 2026-03-04 Motion to defer, yeas 30, nays 63, lost.
• 2026-03-04 Passed House, yeas 68, nays 23. passage
• 2026-03-04 Immediate message.
• 2026-03-05 Message from House.
• 2026-03-05 Read first time, referred to Judiciary. reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee: Bousselot, Dawson, and Knox.
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2026 12:30PM Room 315.
• 2026-03-12 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 Fiscal note.
• 2026-03-24 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Amendment S-5126 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-24 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-26 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2026-05-02 Amendment S-5252 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-05-02 Amendment S-5126 out of order.
• 2026-05-02 Passed Senate, yeas 39, nays 6. passage
• 2026-05-02 Immediate message.
• 2026-05-02 Message from Senate.
• 2026-05-02 Senate amendment H-8470 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-02 Amendment H-8470, yeas 68, nays 18, adopted.
• 2026-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-05-02 Passed House, yeas 66, nays 20. passage
• 2026-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-05-02 Immediate message.
• 2026-05-02 Message from House.
• 2026-05-13 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-20 Fiscal note.
• 2026-06-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25e0b79f-99da-42f6-95a9-0591bc92d213. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).