republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-956.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, and including applicability provisions.	A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, and including applicability provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 956	Iowa HF 956 (2025-2026)	bill	court reporters judges and court officials judicial branch pleadings retirement	enacted		6	19	2	2025-03-12	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/4fa39f26-4c09-43cf-a30e-c6aaf643ddfc	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 956&ga=91	3c6bbc09830f8dd9647b54d4ce353f31f7af939c5cef921d6b8f77e6d77f15ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 956 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, 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-1135 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
5. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 87–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-12 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-19 Amendment H-1135 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-27 Amendment H-1135 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-03-27 Passed House, yeas 87, nays 6. passage
• 2025-04-03 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-03-27 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-31 Message from House.
• 2025-03-31 Read first time, referred to Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-04-01 Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Taylor.
• 2025-04-01 Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 9:00AM Senate Lounge.
• 2025-04-02 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-03 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2025-04-03 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-23 Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. passage
• 2025-04-23 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-24 Message from Senate.
• 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/4fa39f26-4c09-43cf-a30e-c6aaf643ddfc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).