Bills › 91st General Assembly
SF 579Signed by Governor · March 10, 2026
Relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee
Topics:Civil rightsCities & counties
Same legislation: SSB 1184
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 26, 202543–4
- Done: House committeeApril 1, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 5, 202660–26
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 10, 2026
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 10, 2026
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
In plain words
- February 25, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee · as SSB 1184
- February 25, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Knox and Sires · as SSB 1184
- March 3, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 1184
- March 6, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 579 · as SSB 1184
- March 10, 2025Filed in the Senate
- March 10, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
- March 26, 2025Passed the Senate, 43–4
- March 26, 2025Arrived in the House
- March 31, 2025House subcommittee named: Jones, Bloomingdale and Wichtendahl
- April 1, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
- April 1, 2025Approved by the House committee
- April 1, 2025Committee vote: 19–1
- February 19, 2026House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Wichtendahl and Williams
- February 23, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
- February 24, 2026Approved by the House committee
- February 24, 2026Committee vote: 19–1
- March 2, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
- March 5, 2026Passed the House, 60–26
- March 9, 2026Passed the Senate, 29–16
- March 10, 2026Sent to the Governor
- March 10, 2026Signed into law
- March 13, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
History
2026 session · second year of the 91st General Assembly
March 10, 2026
Signed by Governor. S.J. 557. Journal
March 10, 2026
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 551. Journal
March 9, 2026
Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 16. S.J. 507. Journal
March 5, 2026
Passed House, yeas 60, nays 26. H.J. 600. Journal
February 24, 2026
Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1. H.J. 414. Journal
February 24, 2026
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 414. Journal
February 23, 2026
Subcommittee recommends passage.
February 19, 2026
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Wichtendahl and Williams. H.J. 355. Journal
2025 session · first year of the 91st General Assembly
April 1, 2025
Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1. H.J. 878. Journal
April 1, 2025
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 878. Journal
April 1, 2025
Subcommittee recommends passage.
March 31, 2025
Subcommittee: Jones, Bloomingdale and Wichtendahl. H.J. 874. Journal
March 26, 2025
Read first time, referred to Local Government. H.J. 851. Journal
March 26, 2025
Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 4. S.J. 652. Journal
March 10, 2025
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 474. Journal
March 10, 2025
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 461. Journal
March 6, 2025
As SSB 1184: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 579.
March 3, 2025
As SSB 1184: Subcommittee recommends passage.
February 25, 2025
As SSB 1184: Subcommittee: Webster, Knox, and Sires.
February 25, 2025
As SSB 1184: Introduced, referred to Local Government.
Meetings
- Tuesday, February 24 · 10:00 AMLocal Government committee · RM 19Official meeting page
- Monday, February 23 · 4:00 PMLocal Government subcommittee · RM 103Official meeting page
- Tuesday, April 1 · 10:30 AMLocal Government committee · RM 19Official meeting page
- Tuesday, April 1 · 8:15 AMLocal Government subcommittee · RM 102Official meeting page
- Thursday, March 6 · 1:30 PMLocal Government committee · Room 116Official meeting page
- Thursday, February 27 · 10:30 AMLocal Government subcommittee · Senate LoungeOfficial meeting page