IA HF 940
died on adjournmentA bill for an act relating to civil law, including providing notice to named beneficiaries in probate law, a process for named beneficiaries to obtain ownership of property held by others in probate law, and authorizing spouses to amend premarital agreements, and including applicability provisions.
Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did IA HF 940 pass?
No. IA HF 940 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 (2026-04-22): Message from House.
What is IA HF 940 about?
IA HF 940 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to civil law, including providing notice to named beneficiaries in probate law, a process for named beneficiaries to obtain ownership of property held by others in probate law, and authorizing spouses to amend premarital agreements, and including applicability provisions.”.
Who sponsors IA HF 940?
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY is the primary sponsor of IA HF 940.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-12
- Latest action
- 2026-04-22 — Message from House.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARYprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-22
Message from House.
2026-04-21
Immediate message.
2026-04-21
House refused to concur in Senate amendment H-8334.
2026-04-08
Senate amendment H-8334 filed.
amendment-introduction
2026-04-08
Message from Senate.
2026-04-08
Immediate message.
2026-04-08
Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0.
passage
2026-04-08
Amendment S-5005 adopted, as amended.
amendment-passage
2026-04-08
Amendment S-5170 to S-5005 filed, adopted.
2026-03-26
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2026-02-04
Placed on calendar.
2026-02-04
Amendment S-5005 filed.
amendment-introduction
2026-02-04
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
committee-passage
2026-01-29
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2026-01-28
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 9:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
2026-01-27
Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Blake, and Schultz.
2025-04-22
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-31
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot.
2025-03-27
Read first time, referred to Judiciary.
reading-1
2025-03-27
Message from House.
2025-03-26
Immediate message.
2025-03-26
Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0.
passage
2025-03-26
Amendments H-1175 and H-1184 adopted.
2025-03-25
Amendment H-1184 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-25
Amendment H-1175 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-12
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-26 · pass · 96-0
Member-level votes (102)
- Gehlbach: yes
- 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
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: 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
- Wilson: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Wills: yes
- Fett: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Wilz: absent
- Gerhold: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: 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
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: 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
Shall the bill pass?
2026-04-08 · pass · 45-0
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Drey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Hardman: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Garrett: absent
- Rowley: absent
- Sinclair: absent
- Townsend: absent
- Wahls: absent
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