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type: "Bill"
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title: "A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including effective date provisions."
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description: "A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including effective date provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
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legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SF 579"
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citation: "Iowa SF 579 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["city government", "civil procedure", "civil rights", "civil rights commission", "local government", "rights"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-03-10"
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last_action: "2026-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24aed0f-66af-4e09-b57b-b6ced44ec8be"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 579&ga=91"
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source_hash: "2b77bfa527c15f446dfe77a5a7f1b96d6d7fe7c86c91879fcb387eaa61965a51"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
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---
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# Iowa SF 579 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including effective date provisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/SF579.html)
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2. **Amendment H-8073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8073.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H-8091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8091.pdf)
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4. **Amendment H-8157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8157.pdf)
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5. **Amendment S-5075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5075.pdf)
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6. **Amendment S-5081** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5081.pdf)
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7. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF579.html)
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8. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF579_GovLetter.pdf)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF579.html)
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## Votes
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- Shall the bill pass? — **43–4** (pass) · upper
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- Shall amendment S-5081 to amendment S-5075 be adopted? — **16–29** (fail) · upper
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- Shall the motion to concur be adopted? — **29–16** (pass) · upper
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- Shall the bill pass? — **29–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-10** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
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- **2025-03-10** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-26** Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 4. `passage`
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- **2025-03-26** Immediate message.
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- **2025-03-26** Message from Senate.
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- **2025-03-26** Read first time, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-31** Subcommittee: Jones, Bloomingdale and Wichtendahl.
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- **2025-03-31** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:15AM RM 102.
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- **2025-04-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on calendar.
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
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- **2025-05-15** Rereferred to Local Government.
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- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee: Wheeler, Wichtendahl and Williams.
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- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/23/2026 4:00PM RM 103.
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- **2026-02-23** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on calendar.
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- **2026-03-02** Amendment H-8073 filed. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-02** Amendment H-8091 filed. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal note.
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- **2026-03-04** Amendment H-8157 filed. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-05** Amendments H-8073 and H-8091 withdrawn.
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- **2026-03-05** Point of order raised on H-8157, ruled not germane.
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- **2026-03-05** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8157, yeas 60, nays 26.
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- **2026-03-05** Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
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- **2026-03-05** Amendment H-8157 adopted. `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 26. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Immediate message.
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- **2026-03-09** Message from House, with amendment S-5075.
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- **2026-03-09** Deferred.
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- **2026-03-09** Amendment S-5081 to S-5075 filed, lost.
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- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred with S-5075.
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 16. `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Immediate message.
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- **2026-03-09** Message from Senate.
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- **2026-03-10** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-13** Fiscal note.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24aed0f-66af-4e09-b57b-b6ced44ec8be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
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