Legislation / HF 853

HOUSE FILE 853 Passed one chamber

Interpretation of law in administrative and judicial proceedings under the Iowa administrative procedure Act

Sponsor   House Judiciary Committee Formerly   HF 36 Last action   Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 602. — March 19, 2026 Full text   Iowa Legislature ↗
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Signed by Governor

Lobbyist declarations

22 declarations filed on this bill
● 7 For ● 1 Against ● 14 Undecided

Related legislation

Part of a group of 2 related bills
HF 36 Interpretation of law in administrative and judicial proceedings under the Iowa administrative procedure Act.(See HF 853.)
Passed committee
Date Chamber Action
Mar 7, 2025 House Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 562.
Apr 3, 2025 House Referred to Judiciary. H.J. 896.
Feb 17, 2026 House Subcommittee: Gustoff, Shipley and Wilburn. H.J. 318.
Feb 17, 2026 House Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2026 8:15AM RM 103.
Feb 18, 2026 House Subcommittee recommends passage.
Feb 19, 2026 House Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 396.
Feb 19, 2026 House Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1. H.J. 396.
Feb 23, 2026 House Placed on calendar. H.J. 396.
Mar 16, 2026 House Amendment H-8223 filed. H.J. 673.
Mar 17, 2026 House Amendment H-8223 adopted. H.J. 675.
Mar 17, 2026 House Passed House, yeas 76, nays 19. H.J. 676.
Mar 17, 2026 House Immediate message. H.J. 683.
Mar 18, 2026 Senate Message from House. S.J. 591.
Mar 18, 2026 Senate Read first time, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 591.
Mar 19, 2026 Senate Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 602.

Vote summaries

Date Chamber Vote Result Yea Nay Not voting Democrats Republicans Pattern
Mar 17, 2026 House Floor Passage Passed 76 19 5 11–19 65–0 Bipartisan Support
Party columns count yea–nay. Committee votes are not shown.

Individual votes

Shall the bill pass?
Passed 76 to 19 · Democrats 11 yea, 19 nay · Republicans 65 yea, 0 nay · 5 not voting
How each representative voted (100)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 J.D. Scholten Democrat Nay
2 Robert Henderson Republican Yea
3 Thomas Jeneary Republican Yea
4 Skyler Wheeler Republican Yea
5 Zachary Dieken Republican Yea
6 Megan Hess Jones Republican Yea
7 Wendy Larson Republican Yea
8 Ann Meyer Republican Yea
9 Henry Stone Republican Yea
10 John Wills Republican Yea
11 Craig Williams Republican Yea
12 Steven Holt Republican Yea
13 Travis Sitzmann Republican Yea
14 Jacob Bossman Republican Yea
15 Matt Windschitl Republican Absent
16 David Sieck Republican Yea
17 Devon Wood Republican Yea
18 Tom Moore Republican Yea
19 Brent Siegrist Republican Yea
20 Josh Turek Democrat Absent
21 Brooke Boden Republican Yea
22 Samantha Fett Republican Yea
23 Ray Sorensen Republican Yea
24 Sam Wengryn Republican Yea
25 Hans Wilz Republican Yea
26 Austin Harris Republican Yea
27 Kenan Judge Democrat Yea
28 David Young Republican Yea
29 Brian Meyer Democrat Nay
30 Megan Srinivas Democrat Nay
31 Mary Madison Democrat Nay
32 Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Yea
33 Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Absent
34 Rob Johnson Democrat Nay
35 Sean Bagniewski Democrat Nay
36 Austin Baeth Democrat Yea
37 Barb Kniff McCulla Republican Yea
38 Jon Dunwell Republican Yea
39 Rick Olson Democrat Yea
40 Bill Gustoff Republican Yea
41 Ryan Weldon Republican Yea
42 Heather Matson Democrat Yea
43 Eddie Andrews Republican Yea
44 Larry McBurney Democrat Nay
45 Brian Lohse Republican Yea
46 Dan Gehlbach Republican Yea
47 Carter Nordman Republican Yea
48 Chad Behn Republican Yea
49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democrat Yea
50 Ross Wilburn Democrat Nay
51 Brett Barker Republican Yea
52 David Blom Republican Yea
53 Dean Fisher Republican Yea
54 Joshua Meggers Republican Yea
55 Shannon Latham Republican Yea
56 Mark Thompson Republican Yea
57 Pat Grassley Republican Yea
58 Charley Thomson Republican Yea
59 Christian Hermanson Republican Yea
60 Jane Bloomingdale Republican Yea
61 Timi Brown-powers Democrat Nay
62 Jerome Amos Democrat Absent
63 Michael Bergan Republican Yea
64 Jason Gearhart Republican Yea
65 Shannon Lundgren Republican Yea
66 Steven Bradley Republican Yea
67 Craig Johnson Republican Yea
68 Chad Ingels Republican Yea
69 Tom Determann Republican Yea
70 Norlin Mommsen Republican Yea
71 Lindsay James Democrat Yea
72 Jennifer Smith Republican Yea
73 Elizabeth Wilson Democrat Nay
74 Eric Gjerde Democrat Yea
75 Bob Kressig Democrat Nay
76 Derek Wulf Republican Yea
77 Jeff Cooling Democrat Nay
78 Angel Ramirez Democrat Nay
79 Tracy Ehlert Democrat Nay
80 Aime Wichtendahl Democrat Nay
81 Daniel Gosa Democrat Yea
82 Bobby Kaufmann Republican Yea
83 Cindy Golding Republican Yea
84 Thomas Gerhold Republican Absent
85 Amy Nielsen Democrat Yea
86 Dave Jacoby Democrat Nay
87 Jeff Shipley Republican Yea
88 Helena Hayes Republican Yea
89 Elinor Levin Democrat Nay
90 Adam Zabner Democrat Yea
91 Judd Lawler Republican Yea
92 Heather Hora Republican Yea
93 Gary Mohr Republican Yea
94 Mike Vondran Republican Yea
95 Taylor Collins Republican Yea
96 Mark Cisneros Republican Yea
97 Ken Croken Democrat Nay
98 Monica Kurth Democrat Nay
99 Matthew Rinker Republican Yea
100 Blaine Watkins Republican Yea
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Date Time Type Description Location
Feb 18, 2026 8:15 AM Hearing House Judiciary Subcommittee RM 103
Feb 19, 2026 10:30 AM Hearing House Judiciary Committee RM 103