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IA HF 936

died on adjournment

A bill for an act relating to government bodies for purposes of open records, and making penalties applicable.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 936 pass?

No. IA HF 936 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-19): Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

What is IA HF 936 about?

IA HF 936 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to government bodies for purposes of open records, and making penalties applicable.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 936?

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT is the primary sponsor of IA HF 936.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2026-03-19 — Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-19

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  2. 2026-03-09

    Read first time, attached to SF 503.

    reading-1

  3. 2026-03-09

    Message from House.

  4. 2026-03-05

    Immediate message.

  5. 2026-03-05

    Passed House, yeas 86, nays 0.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-04

    Fiscal note.

  7. 2026-02-12

    Placed on calendar.

  8. 2026-02-10

    Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0.

  9. 2026-02-10

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  10. 2026-02-04

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-01-29

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:15PM RM 304.

  12. 2026-01-22

    Subcommittee: Wengryn, Smith and Wichtendahl.

  13. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Local Government.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-03-12

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2026-03-05 · pass · 86-0

    Member-level votes (102)
    • 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
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fett: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gaines: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Gosa: yes
    • Grassley: yes
    • Gustoff: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hermanson: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hora: yes
    • Jacoby: yes
    • Jeneary: yes
    • Johnson, C.: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Judge: yes
    • Kaufmann: yes
    • Kniff: yes
    • McCulla: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Latham: yes
    • Lawler: yes
    • Levin: yes
    • Matson: yes
    • McBurney: yes
    • Meggers: yes
    • Meyer, A.: yes
    • Meyer, B.: yes
    • Mohr: yes
    • Mommsen: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Nielsen: yes
    • Nordman: yes
    • Ramirez: yes
    • Scholten: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sieck: yes
    • Siegrist: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Srinivas: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Thomson: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Wilburn: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Lundgren: yes
    • Amos: absent
    • Jr.: absent
    • Dieken: absent
    • Gerhold: absent
    • Henderson: absent
    • Ingels: absent
    • James: absent
    • Johnson, R.: absent
    • Konfrst: absent
    • Lohse: absent
    • Madison: absent
    • Olson: absent
    • Rinker: absent
    • Turek: absent
    • Wilz: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 936&ga=91

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