republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-706.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.	A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 706	Iowa HF 706 (2025-2026)	bill	open meetings open records	enacted		9	30	4	2025-02-28	2025-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2bcfd1b9-5004-4a0f-b1dc-b03bd6f00abc	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 706&ga=91	556841e831710b7f5eca89b2daf975277c0dfd15cfe48f6c590d016bff10d1b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 706 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1088 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1250 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-3109 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-3110 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
7. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 83–10 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment S-3110 be adopted? — 32–15 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 34–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-28 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-13 Amendment H-1088 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-24 Amendment H-1088 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-03-24 Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. passage
• 2025-03-25 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-04-22 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-03-24 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-25 Message from House.
• 2025-03-25 Read first time, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2025-03-26 Subcommittee: Webster, Townsend, and Westrich.
• 2025-03-27 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 11:30AM Senate Lounge.
• 2025-03-31 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2025-04-02 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-17 Amendment S-3109 filed, deferred. amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-17 Amendment S-3110 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-17 Point of order raised on S-3110, ruled in order.
• 2025-04-17 Amendment S-3110 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-04-17 Amendment S-3109 ruled out of order.
• 2025-04-17 Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 13. passage
• 2025-04-17 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-17 Message from Senate.
• 2025-04-17 Senate amendment H-1250 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-23 House concurred in Senate amendment H-1250.
• 2025-04-23 Passed House, yeas 83, nays 10. passage
• 2025-04-23 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-23 Message from House.
• 2025-05-19 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-06-06 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bcfd1b9-5004-4a0f-b1dc-b03bd6f00abc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).