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IA SF 472

enacted

A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did IA SF 472 pass?

Yes. IA SF 472 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-19): Signed by Governor.

What is IA SF 472 about?

IA SF 472 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 472?

COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE is the primary sponsor of IA SF 472.

Introduced
2025-02-27
Latest action
2026-05-19 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-19

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-05-05

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

  3. 2026-04-28

    Message from House.

  4. 2026-04-28

    Immediate message.

  5. 2026-04-28

    Passed House, yeas 56, nays 34.

    passage

  6. 2026-04-28

    Amendment H-8419, yeas 32, nays 58, filed, lost.

  7. 2026-04-28

    Amendment H-8419, yeas 32, nays 58, lost.

  8. 2026-04-28

    Amendment H-8420, yeas 32, nays 57, filed, lost.

  9. 2026-04-28

    Amendment H-8419 deferred.

  10. 2026-04-28

    Amendment H-8419 filed, deferred.

    amendment-introduction

  11. 2026-04-28

    Motion to suspend rules failed.

  12. 2026-04-28

    Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8421, yeas 35, nays 55.

  13. 2026-04-28

    Point of order raised on H-8421, ruled not germane.

  14. 2026-04-28

    Amendment H-8421 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2026-03-26

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  16. 2026-03-19

    Placed on calendar.

  17. 2026-03-18

    Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.

  18. 2026-03-18

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  19. 2026-03-11

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2026-03-10

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 12:30PM RM 103.

  21. 2026-03-10

    Subcommittee: Holt, Olson and Thomson, C.

  22. 2025-05-15

    Rereferred to Judiciary.

  23. 2025-04-10

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  24. 2025-04-02

    Placed on calendar.

  25. 2025-04-02

    Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.

  26. 2025-04-02

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  27. 2025-04-01

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-03-31

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 12:30PM RM 102.

  29. 2025-03-28

    Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Lawler and Olson.

  30. 2025-03-26

    Read first time, referred to Judiciary.

    reading-1

  31. 2025-03-10

    Message from Senate.

  32. 2025-03-10

    Immediate message.

  33. 2025-03-10

    Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15.

    passage

  34. 2025-02-27

    Committee report, approving bill.

    committee-passage

  35. 2025-02-27

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-10 · 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
    • Kraayenbrink: yes
    • Lofgren: 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
    • Zumbach: yes
    • Bisignano: no
    • Blake: no
    • Donahue: no
    • Dotzler: no
    • Knox: no
    • McClintock: no
    • Petersen: no
    • Quirmbach: no
    • Staed: no
    • Townsend: no
    • Trone: no
    • Garriott: no
    • Wahls: no
    • Weiner: no
    • Winckler: no
    • Zimmer: no
    • Bennett: absent
    • Celsi: absent
    • Koelker: absent

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 472&ga=91

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