republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-473.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption.	A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 473	Iowa SF 473 (2025-2026)	bill	adoptions attorney general children foster care gender health and human services department parents religion sexual orientation	enacted		11	40	2	2025-02-27	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/cfa858c0-ff5c-40c5-ba12-edd520690473	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 473&ga=91	e1a78f974459676c59285ad08006340932b598e668b326df461858a08ef670f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 473 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8320 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8353 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8370 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-3047 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment S-5200 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
8. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
9. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 28–16 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 35–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — 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
• 2025-03-25 Amendment S-3047 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-03-25 Passed Senate, yeas 35, nays 14. passage
• 2025-03-25 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-25 Message from Senate.
• 2025-03-25 Read first time, referred to Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-03-28 Subcommittee: Wheeler, Holt and Wessel-Kroeschell.
• 2025-03-31 Subcommittee reassigned: Williams, Holt and Wessel-Kroeschell.
• 2025-04-01 Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 7:30AM RM 102.
• 2025-04-02 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.
• 2026-03-03 Subcommittee: Williams, Dunwell and Wessel-Kroeschell.
• 2026-03-03 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.
• 2026-03-05 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
• 2026-03-18 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-26 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2026-04-07 Amendment H-8320 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-13 Amendment H-8353 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-15 Amendment H-8370 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-20 Amendment H-8370 withdrawn.
• 2026-04-20 Point of order raised on amendment H-8320, ruled not germane.
• 2026-04-20 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8320, yeas 39, nays 53.
• 2026-04-20 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2026-04-20 Amendment H-8353 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-04-20 Passed House, yeas 58, nays 34. passage
• 2026-04-20 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-21 Message from House, with amendment S-5200.
• 2026-04-21 Senate concurred with S-5200.
• 2026-04-21 Passed Senate, yeas 28, nays 16. passage
• 2026-04-21 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-21 Message from Senate.
• 2026-05-05 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-06-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfa858c0-ff5c-40c5-ba12-edd520690473. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).