republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-437.md

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Bill	A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa.	A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 437	Iowa HF 437 (2025-2026)	bill	college of liberal arts education university of iowa	enacted		8	25	4	2025-02-17	2025-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/537afd00-2666-4190-8fa4-7d2d0dcff86d	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 437&ga=91	3f2016772dcb6f6ad2da7a4b5f6b47dcffaaa77f475b72e882037dde844db60f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 437 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1075 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1098 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1109 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 32–15 (pass) · upper
• Shall amendment H-1109, to amendment H-1075, be adopted? — 32–65 (fail) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 60–37 (pass) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1098, to amendment H-1075? — 32–65 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-17 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-04 Fiscal note.
• 2025-03-13 Amendment H-1075 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-17 Amendments H-1098 and H-1109 filed.
• 2025-03-18 Point of order raised on amendment H-1098 to amendment H-1075, ruled not germane.
• 2025-03-18 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1098 to amendment H-1075, yeas 32, nays 65.
• 2025-03-18 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2025-03-18 Amendment H-1109 to amendment H-1075, yeas 32, nays 65, lost.
• 2025-03-18 Point of order raised on amendment H-1075, ruled not germane.
• 2025-03-18 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1075.
• 2025-03-18 Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
• 2025-03-18 Amendment H-1075 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-03-18 Passed House, yeas 60, nays 37. passage
• 2025-03-18 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-19 Message from House.
• 2025-03-19 Read first time, attached to SF 519. reading-1
• 2025-03-19 Fiscal note.
• 2025-04-03 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-15 Substituted for SF 519.
• 2025-04-15 Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. passage
• 2025-04-15 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-16 Message from Senate.
• 2025-05-19 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-06-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-06-11 Fiscal note.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/537afd00-2666-4190-8fa4-7d2d0dcff86d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).