republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-639.md

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Bill	A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.	A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 639	Iowa SF 639 (2025-2026)	bill	appellate procedure business entities commercial law courts judicial branch juries jurisdiction litigation salaries and wages	enacted		8	30	2	2025-04-22	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/3618dc45-814b-4824-a4e4-67236d0a3e9a	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 639&ga=91	4d033efa0cb3345d6f92a87aca799983afadcdb5aaa791515f378b2b5b3c61db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 639 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8440 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8447 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8456 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-5255 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 38–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-22 Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. introduction
• 2025-04-22 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-04-28 Fiscal note.
• 2025-04-28 Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. passage
• 2025-04-28 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-29 Message from Senate.
• 2025-04-30 Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee: Nordman, Lundgren and Wilson.
• 2026-02-02 Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:15PM RM 102.
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-21 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-04-21 Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
• 2026-04-22 Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
• 2026-04-30 Amendments H-8440 and H-8447 filed.
• 2026-05-01 Amendment H-8456 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-02 Amendment H-8440 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-05-02 Amendment H-8456, yeas 8, nays 77, lost.
• 2026-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-05-02 Amendment H-8447 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-05-02 Passed House, yeas 79, nays 6. passage
• 2026-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-05-02 Immediate message.
• 2026-05-02 Message from House, with amendment S-5255.
• 2026-05-02 Senate concurred with S-5255.
• 2026-05-02 Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 8. passage
• 2026-05-02 Immediate message.
• 2026-05-02 Message from Senate.
• 2026-05-18 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-06-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2026-06-02 Fiscal note.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3618dc45-814b-4824-a4e4-67236d0a3e9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).