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IA HF 706

enacted

A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 706 pass?

Yes. IA HF 706 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-06): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 706 about?

IA HF 706 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 706?

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT is the primary sponsor of IA HF 706.

Introduced
2025-02-28
Latest action
2025-06-06 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENTprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-06

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-05-19

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.

  3. 2025-04-23

    Message from House.

  4. 2025-04-23

    Immediate message.

  5. 2025-04-23

    Passed House, yeas 83, nays 10.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-23

    House concurred in Senate amendment H-1250.

  7. 2025-04-22

    Explanation of vote.

  8. 2025-04-17

    Senate amendment H-1250 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  9. 2025-04-17

    Message from Senate.

  10. 2025-04-17

    Immediate message.

  11. 2025-04-17

    Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 13.

    passage

  12. 2025-04-17

    Amendment S-3109 ruled out of order.

  13. 2025-04-17

    Amendment S-3110 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-04-17

    Point of order raised on S-3110, ruled in order.

  15. 2025-04-17

    Amendment S-3110 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  16. 2025-04-17

    Amendment S-3109 filed, deferred.

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2025-04-10

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  18. 2025-04-02

    Placed on calendar.

  19. 2025-04-02

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  20. 2025-03-31

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-03-27

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 11:30AM Senate Lounge.

  22. 2025-03-26

    Subcommittee: Webster, Townsend, and Westrich.

  23. 2025-03-25

    Read first time, referred to State Government.

    reading-1

  24. 2025-03-25

    Message from House.

  25. 2025-03-25

    Explanation of vote.

  26. 2025-03-24

    Immediate message.

  27. 2025-03-24

    Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0.

    passage

  28. 2025-03-24

    Amendment H-1088 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-03-13

    Amendment H-1088 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  30. 2025-02-28

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-24 · pass · 95-0

    Member-level votes (103)
    • Amos: yes
    • Jr.: yes
    • Andrews: yes
    • Baeth: yes
    • Bagniewski: yes
    • Barker: yes
    • Behn: yes
    • Bergan: yes
    • Blom: yes
    • Bloomingdale: yes
    • Boden: yes
    • Bossman: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Brown-Powers: yes
    • Cisneros: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Cooling: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Determann: yes
    • Dieken: yes
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fett: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gerhold: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Gosa: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Henderson: yes
    • Hermanson: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hora: yes
    • Ingels: yes
    • Jacoby: yes
    • James: yes
    • Jeneary: yes
    • Johnson, C.: yes
    • Johnson, R.: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Kniff: yes
    • McCulla: yes
    • Konfrst: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Latham: yes
    • Lawler: yes
    • Levin: yes
    • Lohse: yes
    • Lundgren: yes
    • Madison: yes
    • Matson: yes
    • McBurney: yes
    • Meggers: yes
    • Meyer, A.: yes
    • Meyer, B.: yes
    • Mohr: yes
    • Mommsen: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Nielsen: yes
    • Nordman: yes
    • Olson: yes
    • Rinker: yes
    • Scheetz: yes
    • Scholten: yes
    • Sexton: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sieck: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Srinivas: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Thomson: yes
    • Turek: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Wilburn: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wilz: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Speaker: yes
    • Grassley: yes
    • Gaines: absent
    • Gustoff: absent
    • Judge: absent
    • Kaufmann: absent
    • Siegrist: absent

  • Shall amendment S-3110 be adopted?

    2025-04-17 · pass · 32-15

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Alons: yes
    • Bousselot: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Costello: yes
    • Dawson De Witt: yes
    • Dickey: yes
    • Driscoll: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Gruenhagen: yes
    • Guth: yes
    • Klimesh: yes
    • Koelker: yes
    • Kraayenbrink: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • Pike: yes
    • Reichman: yes
    • Rowley: yes
    • Rozenboom: yes
    • Salmon: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sinclair: yes
    • Sires: yes
    • Sweeney: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Warme: yes
    • Webster: yes
    • Westrich: yes
    • Whitver: yes
    • Bennett: no
    • Bisignano: no
    • Blake: no
    • Donahue: no
    • Dotzler: no
    • Knox: no
    • Petersen: no
    • Quirmbach: no
    • Staed: no
    • Townsend: no
    • Trone: no
    • Garriott: no
    • Wahls: no
    • Weiner: no
    • Winckler: no
    • Zimmer: no
    • Celsi: absent
    • Lofgren: absent
    • Zumbach: absent

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-04-17 · pass · 34-13

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Alons: yes
    • Bousselot: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Costello: yes
    • Dawson De Witt: yes
    • Dickey: yes
    • Driscoll: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Gruenhagen: yes
    • Guth: yes
    • Klimesh: yes
    • Koelker: yes
    • Kraayenbrink: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • Pike: yes
    • Reichman: yes
    • Rowley: yes
    • Rozenboom: yes
    • Salmon: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sinclair: yes
    • Sires: yes
    • Sweeney: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Warme: yes
    • Webster: yes
    • Westrich: yes
    • Whitver: yes
    • Winckler: yes
    • Zimmer: yes
    • Bennett: no
    • Bisignano: no
    • Blake: no
    • Donahue: no
    • Dotzler: no
    • Knox: no
    • Petersen: no
    • Quirmbach: no
    • Staed: no
    • Townsend: no
    • Trone: no
    • Garriott: no
    • Wahls: no
    • Weiner: no
    • Celsi: absent
    • Lofgren: absent
    • Zumbach: absent

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-04-23 · pass · 83-10

    Member-level votes (102)
    • Amos: yes
    • Jr.: yes
    • Andrews: yes
    • Baeth: yes
    • Bagniewski: yes
    • Barker: yes
    • Behn: yes
    • Bergan: yes
    • Blom: yes
    • Bloomingdale: yes
    • Boden: yes
    • Bossman: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Brown-Powers: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Cooling: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Determann: yes
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fett: yes
    • Gaines: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gerhold: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Gosa: yes
    • Grassley: yes
    • Gustoff: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Henderson: yes
    • Hermanson: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hora: yes
    • Ingels: yes
    • James: yes
    • Jeneary: yes
    • Johnson, C.: yes
    • Johnson, R.: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Judge: yes
    • Kaufmann: yes
    • Kniff: yes
    • McCulla: yes
    • Konfrst: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Latham: yes
    • Lawler: yes
    • Lundgren: yes
    • Matson: yes
    • McBurney: yes
    • Meggers: yes
    • Meyer, A.: yes
    • Meyer, B.: yes
    • Mohr: yes
    • Mommsen: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Nielsen: yes
    • Nordman: yes
    • Olson: yes
    • Rinker: yes
    • Scholten: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Srinivas: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Thomson: yes
    • Turek: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wilz: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Cisneros: no
    • Fisher: no
    • Gjerde: no
    • Harris: no
    • Jacoby: no
    • Levin: no
    • Lohse: no
    • Madison: no
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: no
    • Wilburn: no
    • Dieken: absent
    • Open: absent
    • Sexton: absent
    • Shipley: absent
    • Sieck: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wheeler: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 706&ga=91

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