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IA SF 639

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A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IA SF 639 pass?

Yes. IA SF 639 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): Fiscal note.

What is IA SF 639 about?

IA SF 639 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 639?

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS is the primary sponsor of IA SF 639.

Introduced
2025-04-22
Latest action
2026-06-02 — Fiscal note.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANSprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-02

    Fiscal note.

  2. 2026-06-01

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-05-18

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

  4. 2026-05-02

    Message from Senate.

  5. 2026-05-02

    Immediate message.

  6. 2026-05-02

    Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 8.

    passage

  7. 2026-05-02

    Senate concurred with S-5255.

  8. 2026-05-02

    Message from House, with amendment S-5255.

  9. 2026-05-02

    Immediate message.

  10. 2026-05-02

    Explanation of vote.

  11. 2026-05-02

    Passed House, yeas 79, nays 6.

    passage

  12. 2026-05-02

    Amendment H-8447 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  13. 2026-05-02

    Explanation of vote.

  14. 2026-05-02

    Amendment H-8456, yeas 8, nays 77, lost.

  15. 2026-05-02

    Amendment H-8440 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  16. 2026-05-01

    Amendment H-8456 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2026-04-30

    Amendments H-8440 and H-8447 filed.

  18. 2026-04-22

    Placed on Ways and Means calendar.

  19. 2026-04-21

    Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.

  20. 2026-04-21

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  21. 2026-02-04

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-02-02

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:15PM RM 102.

  23. 2026-01-29

    Subcommittee: Nordman, Lundgren and Wilson.

  24. 2025-04-30

    Read first time, referred to Ways and Means.

    reading-1

  25. 2025-04-29

    Message from Senate.

  26. 2025-04-28

    Immediate message.

  27. 2025-04-28

    Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0.

    passage

  28. 2025-04-28

    Fiscal note.

  29. 2025-04-22

    Committee report, approving bill.

    committee-passage

  30. 2025-04-22

    Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-04-28 · pass · 50-0

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Alons: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Bisignano: yes
    • Blake: yes
    • Bousselot: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Celsi: yes
    • Costello: yes
    • Dawson 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
    • Zumbach: yes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2026-05-02 · pass · 38-8

    Member-level votes (51)
    • Alons: yes
    • Blake: yes
    • Bousselot: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Costello: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • Dickey: 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
    • Pike: yes
    • Quirmbach: yes
    • Reichman: yes
    • Rozenboom: yes
    • Salmon: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sinclair: yes
    • Sweeney: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Townsend: yes
    • Trone: yes
    • Garriott: yes
    • Warme: yes
    • Webster: yes
    • Weiner: yes
    • Westrich: yes
    • Whitver: yes
    • Zimmer: yes
    • Zumbach: yes
    • Bennett: no
    • Bisignano: no
    • Dotzler: no
    • Drey: no
    • Petersen: no
    • Sires: no
    • Staed: no
    • Winckler: no
    • Donahue: absent
    • Garrett: absent
    • Rowley: absent
    • Wahls: absent

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Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 639&ga=91

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