IA HF 956

enacted

A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, and including applicability provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did IA HF 956 pass?

Yes. IA HF 956 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 956 about?

IA HF 956 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, and including applicability provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 956?

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY is the primary sponsor of IA HF 956.

Introduced: 2025-03-12
Latest action: 2025-05-19 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-19
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-05-19
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-04-24
Message from Senate.
2025-04-23
Immediate message.
2025-04-23
Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0.
passage
2025-04-10
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-04-03
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-03
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2025-04-03
Explanation of vote.
2025-04-02
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-01
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 9:00AM Senate Lounge.
2025-04-01
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Taylor.
2025-03-31
Read first time, referred to Judiciary.
reading-1
2025-03-31
Message from House.
2025-03-27
Immediate message.
2025-03-27
Passed House, yeas 87, nays 6.
passage
2025-03-27
Amendment H-1135 adopted.
amendment-passage
2025-03-19
Amendment H-1135 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-12
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Documents

Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-27 · pass · 87-6
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
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: 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
- Scheetz: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Stone: yes
- Turek: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Wills: yes
- Dieken: no
- Fett: no
- Fisher: no
- Hayes: no
- Thompson: no
- Thomson: no
- Cisneros: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Ingels: absent
- Jeneary: absent
- Rinker: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Vondran: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-23 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Celsi: absent
- Zumbach: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 956&ga=91

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