Iowa SF 639 — A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.
Iowa, 2025-2026. SF 639: A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.
Latest action
June 2, 2026 — Fiscal note.
Summary
No summary was supplied. Use the original legislative source for the bill text.
Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary sponsor
Bill text
Enrolled with Governor's Action Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Amendment H-8440 Read version ↗
Amendment H-8456 Read version ↗
Amendment H-8447 Read version ↗
Amendment S-5255 Read version ↗
Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) Read version ↗
Recorded votes
Shall the bill pass?
May 2, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 38 · no: 8 · absent: 4 · abstain: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (51)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Wahls | absent |
| Rowley | absent |
| Garrett | absent |
| Donahue | absent |
| Winckler | no |
| Staed | no |
| Sires | no |
| Petersen | no |
| Drey | no |
| Dotzler | no |
| Bisignano | no |
| Bennett | no |
| Zumbach | yes |
| Zimmer | yes |
| Whitver | yes |
| Westrich | yes |
| Weiner | yes |
| Webster | yes |
| Warme | yes |
| Garriott | yes |
| Trone | yes |
| Townsend | yes |
| Taylor | yes |
| Sweeney | yes |
| Sinclair | yes |
| Shipley | yes |
| Schultz | yes |
| Salmon | yes |
| Rozenboom | yes |
| Reichman | yes |
| Quirmbach | yes |
| Pike | yes |
| McClintock | yes |
| Lofgren | yes |
| Kraayenbrink | yes |
| Koelker | yes |
| Knox | yes |
| Klimesh | yes |
| Hardman | yes |
| Guth | yes |
| Gruenhagen | yes |
| Green | yes |
| Evans | yes |
| Driscoll | yes |
| Dickey | yes |
| Dawson | yes |
| Costello | yes |
| Campbell | yes |
| Bousselot | yes |
| Blake | yes |
| Alons | yes |
Shall the bill pass?
April 28, 2025 · Senate · pass
yes: 50 · no: 0 · absent: 0 · abstain: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (50)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Zumbach | yes |
| Zimmer | yes |
| Winckler | yes |
| Whitver | yes |
| Westrich | yes |
| Weiner | yes |
| Webster | yes |
| Warme | yes |
| Wahls | yes |
| Garriott | yes |
| Trone | yes |
| Townsend | yes |
| Taylor | yes |
| Sweeney | yes |
| Staed | yes |
| Sires | yes |
| Sinclair | yes |
| Shipley | yes |
| Schultz | yes |
| Salmon | yes |
| Rozenboom | yes |
| Rowley | yes |
| Reichman | yes |
| Quirmbach | yes |
| Pike | yes |
| Petersen | yes |
| McClintock | yes |
| Lofgren | yes |
| Kraayenbrink | yes |
| Koelker | yes |
| Knox | yes |
| Klimesh | yes |
| Guth | yes |
| Gruenhagen | yes |
| Green | yes |
| Garrett | yes |
| Evans | yes |
| Driscoll | yes |
| Dotzler | yes |
| Donahue | yes |
| Dickey | yes |
| Dawson De Witt | yes |
| Costello | yes |
| Celsi | yes |
| Campbell | yes |
| Bousselot | yes |
| Blake | yes |
| Bisignano | yes |
| Bennett | yes |
| Alons | yes |
Shall amendment H-8456 be adopted?
May 2, 2026 · House · fail
yes: 8 · no: 77 · absent: 15 · abstain: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (102)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Wulf | absent |
| Wilz | absent |
| Wheeler | absent |
| Shipley | absent |
| Scholten | absent |
| Rinker | absent |
| Olson | absent |
| Latham | absent |
| James | absent |
| Gjerde | absent |
| Gearhart | absent |
| Gaines | absent |
| Dieken | absent |
| Andrews | absent |
| Jr. | absent |
| Amos | absent |
| Wills | no |
| Zabner | no |
| Young | no |
| Wood | no |
| Windschitl | no |
| Wilson | no |
| Wilburn | no |
| Wichtendahl | no |
| Wessel-Kroeschell | no |
| Wengryn | no |
| Weldon | no |
| Watkins | no |
| Vondran | no |
| Turek | no |
| Thompson | no |
| Stone | no |
| Smith | no |
| Sitzmann | no |
| Siegrist | no |
| Sieck | no |
| Ramirez | no |
| Nordman | no |
| Nielsen | no |
| Moore | no |
| Mommsen | no |
| Mohr | no |
| Meyer, B. | no |
| Meyer, A. | no |
| Meggers | no |
| McBurney | no |
| Matson | no |
| Madison | no |
| Lundgren | no |
| Lohse | no |
| Levin | no |
| Lawler | no |
| Kurth | no |
| Kressig | no |
| Konfrst | no |
| McCulla | no |
| Kniff | no |
| Kaufmann | no |
| Judge | no |
| Jones | no |
| Johnson, R. | no |
| Johnson, C. | no |
| Jeneary | no |
| Jacoby | no |
| Ingels | no |
| Hora | no |
| Holt | no |
| Hermanson | no |
| Henderson | no |
| Harris | no |
| Gustoff | no |
| Grassley | no |
| Gosa | no |
| Gerhold | no |
| Gehlbach | no |
| Fett | no |
| Ehlert | no |
| Dunwell | no |
| Determann | no |
| Croken | no |
| Cooling | no |
| Collins | no |
| Brown-Powers | no |
| Bossman | no |
| Boden | no |
| Bloomingdale | no |
| Blom | no |
| Bergan | no |
| Behn | no |
| Barker | no |
| Bagniewski | no |
| Baeth | no |
| Williams | yes |
| Thomson | yes |
| Larson | yes |
| Hayes | yes |
| Golding | yes |
| Fisher | yes |
| Cisneros | yes |
| Bradley | yes |
| Srinivas | no |
| Sorensen | no |
Legislative history
- Fiscal note.
- Signed by Governor.
- Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- Message from Senate.
- Immediate message.
- Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 8.
- Senate concurred with S-5255.
- Message from House, with amendment S-5255.
- Immediate message.
- Explanation of vote.
- Passed House, yeas 79, nays 6.
- Amendment H-8447 adopted.
- Explanation of vote.
- Amendment H-8456, yeas 8, nays 77, lost.
- Amendment H-8440 adopted.
- Amendment H-8456 filed.
- Amendments H-8440 and H-8447 filed.
- Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
- Committee report, recommending passage.
- Subcommittee recommends passage.
- Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 12:15PM RM 102.
- Subcommittee: Nordman, Lundgren and Wilson.
- Read first time, referred to Ways and Means.
- Message from Senate.
- Immediate message.
- Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0.
- Fiscal note.
- Committee report, approving bill.
- Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar.
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