IA SF 647

vetoed

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, and state board of regents, and including contingent effective date provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IA SF 647 pass?

No. IA SF 647 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2025-06-27): Explanations of votes.

What is IA SF 647 about?

IA SF 647 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, and state board of regents, and including contingent effective date provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 647?

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS is the primary sponsor of IA SF 647.

Introduced: 2025-05-06
Latest action: 2025-06-27 — Explanations of votes.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-27
Explanations of votes.
2025-06-27
Explanation of vote.
2025-06-27
Explanation of vote.
2025-06-11
Item vetoed, signed by Governor.
executive-veto-line-item
2025-06-02
NOBA: Final
2025-05-23
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
2025-05-14
Message from House.
2025-05-13
Immediate message.
2025-05-13
Passed House, yeas 59, nays 32.
passage
2025-05-13
Amendment H-1344, yeas 27, nays 62, filed, lost.
2025-05-13
NOBA: Senate Floor
2025-05-13
Amendment H-1345, yeas 29, nays 62, filed, lost.
2025-05-13
Substituted for HF 1045.
2025-05-13
Read first time, passed on file.
reading-1
2025-05-13
Message from Senate.
2025-05-12
Immediate message.
2025-05-12
Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 14.
passage
2025-05-12
Amendment S-3144 adopted, as amended.
amendment-passage
2025-05-12
Amendment S-3157 to S-3144 filed, adopted.
2025-05-09
Amendment S-3144 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-05-06
NOBA: Senate Full Approps
2025-05-06
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2025-05-06
Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar.
introduction

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-05-12 · pass · 34-14
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
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: 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
- Bennett: no
- Blake: no
- Donahue: no
- Dotzler: no
- Knox: no
- Petersen: no
- Quirmbach: no
- Staed: no
- Townsend: no
- Trone: no
- Garriott: no
- Wahls: no
- Weiner: no
- Winckler: no
- Zimmer: no
- Bisignano: absent
- Celsi: absent
Shall amendment H-1345 be adopted?
2025-05-13 · fail · 29-62
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Judge: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Levin: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Olson: yes
- Ramirez: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Turek: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Andrews: no
- Barker: no
- Behn: no
- Bergan: no
- Blom: no
- Bloomingdale: no
- Boden: no
- Bossman: no
- Bradley: no
- Cisneros: no
- Collins: no
- Determann: no
- Dunwell: no
- Fett: no
- Fisher: no
- Gearhart: no
- Gehlbach: no
- Gerhold: no
- Golding: no
- Grassley: no
- Gustoff: no
- Harris: no
- Hayes: no
- Henderson: no
- Hermanson: no
- Holt: no
- Hora: no
- Ingels: no
- Jeneary: no
- Johnson, C.: no
- Jones: no
- Kaufmann: no
- Kniff: no
- McCulla: no
- Latham: no
- Lawler: no
- Meggers: no
- Meyer, A.: no
- Mohr: no
- Mommsen: no
- Moore: no
- Nordman: no
- Rinker: no
- Shipley: no
- Siegrist: no
- Sitzmann: no
- Smith: no
- Sorensen: no
- Stone: no
- Thompson: no
- Thomson: no
- Vondran: no
- Watkins: no
- Weldon: no
- Wengryn: no
- Williams: no
- Wills: no
- Wilz: no
- Windschitl: no
- Wood: no
- Wulf: no
- Young: no
- Lundgren: no
- Croken: absent
- Dieken: absent
- Ehlert: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Gosa: absent
- Lohse: absent
- Sexton: absent
- Sieck: absent
- Wheeler: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-05-13 · pass · 59-32
Member-level votes (102)
- Andrews: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Collins: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Golding: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Siegrist: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wills: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Amos: no
- Jr.: no
- Baeth: no
- Bagniewski: no
- Brown-Powers: no
- Cisneros: no
- Cooling: no
- Gjerde: no
- Jacoby: no
- James: no
- Johnson, R.: no
- Judge: no
- Konfrst: no
- Kressig: no
- Kurth: no
- Levin: no
- Madison: no
- Matson: no
- McBurney: no
- Meyer, B.: no
- Nielsen: no
- Olson: no
- Ramirez: no
- Scholten: no
- Shipley: no
- Srinivas: no
- Thomson: no
- Turek: no
- Wessel-Kroeschell: no
- Wichtendahl: no
- Wilburn: no
- Wilson: no
- Zabner: no
- Croken: absent
- Dieken: absent
- Ehlert: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Gosa: absent
- Lohse: absent
- Sexton: absent
- Sieck: absent
- Wheeler: absent
Shall amendment H-1344 be adopted?
2025-05-13 · fail · 27-62
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Judge: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Levin: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Ramirez: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Turek: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Andrews: no
- Barker: no
- Behn: no
- Bergan: no
- Blom: no
- Bloomingdale: no
- Boden: no
- Bossman: no
- Bradley: no
- Cisneros: no
- Collins: no
- Determann: no
- Dunwell: no
- Fett: no
- Fisher: no
- Gearhart: no
- Gehlbach: no
- Gerhold: no
- Golding: no
- Grassley: no
- Gustoff: no
- Harris: no
- Hayes: no
- Henderson: no
- Hermanson: no
- Holt: no
- Hora: no
- Ingels: no
- Jeneary: no
- Johnson, C.: no
- Jones: no
- Kaufmann: no
- Kniff: no
- McCulla: no
- Latham: no
- Lawler: no
- Meggers: no
- Meyer, A.: no
- Mohr: no
- Mommsen: no
- Moore: no
- Nordman: no
- Rinker: no
- Shipley: no
- Siegrist: no
- Sitzmann: no
- Smith: no
- Sorensen: no
- Stone: no
- Thompson: no
- Thomson: no
- Vondran: no
- Watkins: no
- Weldon: no
- Wengryn: no
- Williams: no
- Wills: no
- Wilz: no
- Windschitl: no
- Wood: no
- Wulf: no
- Young: no
- Lundgren: no
- Croken: absent
- Dieken: absent
- Ehlert: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Gjerde: absent
- Gosa: absent
- Lohse: absent
- Olson: absent
- Sexton: absent
- Sieck: absent
- Wheeler: absent

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