Legislation / HF 940

HOUSE FILE 940 Passed both chambers

Civil law, including providing notice to named beneficiaries in probate law, a process for named beneficiaries to obtain ownership of property held by others in probate law, and authorizing spouses to amend premarital agreements, and including applicability provisions

Sponsor   House Judiciary Committee Formerly   HF 713 Last action   Message from House. S.J. 863. — April 22, 2026 Full text   Iowa Legislature ↗
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Introduced
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Passed both chambers
Signed by Governor

Lobbyist declarations

6 declarations filed on this bill
● 1 For ● 0 Against ● 5 Undecided

Related legislation

Part of a group of 2 related bills
HF 713 Probate law, including providing notice to named beneficiaries and a process for named beneficiaries to obtain ownership of property held by others.(See HF 940.)
Passed committee
Date Chamber Action
Mar 12, 2025 House Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 613.
Mar 25, 2025 House Amendment H-1175 filed. H.J. 814.
Mar 25, 2025 House Amendment H-1184 filed. H.J. 815.
Mar 26, 2025 House Amendments H-1175 and H-1184 adopted. H.J. 836.
Mar 26, 2025 House Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. H.J. 837.
Apr 22, 2025 House Explanation of vote. H.J. 1034.
Mar 26, 2025 House Immediate message. H.J. 850.
Mar 27, 2025 Senate Message from House. S.J. 658.
Mar 27, 2025 Senate Read first time, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 658.
Mar 31, 2025 Senate Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 665.
Jan 27, 2026 Senate Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Blake, and Schultz. S.J. 149.
Jan 28, 2026 Senate Subcommittee Meeting: [].
Jan 29, 2026 Senate Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Feb 4, 2026 Senate Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. S.J. 203.
Feb 4, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5005 filed. S.J. 203.
Feb 4, 2026 Senate Placed on calendar.
Mar 26, 2026 Senate Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 659.
Apr 8, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5170 to S-5005 filed, adopted. S.J. 751.
Apr 8, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5005 adopted, as amended. S.J. 751.
Apr 8, 2026 Senate Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. S.J. 751.
Apr 8, 2026 Senate Immediate message. S.J. 753.
Apr 8, 2026 House Message from Senate. H.J. 840.
Apr 8, 2026 House Senate amendment H-8334 filed. H.J. 868.
Apr 21, 2026 House House refused to concur in Senate amendment H-8334. H.J. 965.
Apr 21, 2026 House Immediate message. H.J. 973.
Apr 22, 2026 Senate Message from House. S.J. 863.

Vote summaries

Date Chamber Vote Result Yea Nay Not voting Democrats Republicans Pattern
Mar 26, 2025 House Floor Passage Passed 96 0 4 32–0 64–0 Unanimous
Apr 8, 2026 Senate Floor Passage Passed 45 0 5 15–0 30–0 Unanimous
Party columns count yea–nay. Committee votes are not shown.

Individual votes

Shall the bill pass?
Passed 96 to 0 · Democrats 32 yea, 0 nay · Republicans 64 yea, 0 nay · 4 not voting
How each representative voted (100)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 J.D. Scholten Democrat Yea
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 Michael Sexton 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 Yea
16 David Sieck Republican Yea
17 Devon Wood Republican Yea
18 Tom Moore Republican Yea
19 Brent Siegrist Republican Absent
20 Josh Turek Democrat Yea
21 Brooke Boden Republican Yea
22 Samantha Fett Republican Absent
23 Ray Sorensen Republican Yea
24 Sam Wengryn Republican Yea
25 Hans Wilz Republican Absent
26 Austin Harris Republican Yea
27 Kenan Judge Democrat Yea
28 David Young Republican Yea
29 Brian Meyer Democrat Yea
30 Megan Srinivas Democrat Yea
31 Mary Madison Democrat Yea
32 Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Yea
33 Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Absent
34 Rob Johnson Democrat Yea
35 Sean Bagniewski Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
62 Jerome Amos Democrat Yea
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 Yea
74 Eric Gjerde Democrat Yea
75 Bob Kressig Democrat Yea
76 Derek Wulf Republican Yea
77 Jeff Cooling Democrat Yea
78 Sami Scheetz Democrat Yea
79 Tracy Ehlert Democrat Yea
80 Aime Wichtendahl Democrat Yea
81 Daniel Gosa Democrat Yea
82 Bobby Kaufmann Republican Yea
83 Cindy Golding Republican Yea
84 Thomas Gerhold Republican Yea
85 Amy Nielsen Democrat Yea
86 Dave Jacoby Democrat Yea
87 Jeff Shipley Republican Yea
88 Helena Hayes Republican Yea
89 Elinor Levin Democrat Yea
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 Yea
98 Monica Kurth Democrat Yea
99 Matthew Rinker Republican Yea
100 Blaine Watkins Republican Yea
Shall the bill pass?
Passed 45 to 0 · Democrats 15 yea, 0 nay · Republicans 30 yea, 0 nay · 5 not voting
How each senator voted (50)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 Catelin Drey Democrat Yea
2 Jeff Taylor Republican Yea
3 Lynn Evans Republican Yea
4 Tim Kraayenbrink Republican Yea
5 Dave Rowley Republican Absent
6 Jason Schultz Republican Yea
7 Kevin Alons Republican Yea
8 Mark Costello Republican Yea
9 Tom Shipley Republican Yea
10 Dan Dawson Republican Yea
11 Julian Garrett Republican Absent
12 Amy Sinclair Republican Absent
13 Cherielynn Westrich Republican Yea
14 Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat Yea
15 Tony Bisignano Democrat Yea
16 Renee Hardman Democrat Yea
17 Izaah Knox Democrat Yea
18 Janet Petersen Democrat Yea
19 Ken Rozenboom Republican Yea
20 Mike Pike Republican Yea
21 Mike Bousselot Republican Yea
22 Matt Blake Democrat Yea
23 Jack Whitver Republican Yea
24 Jesse Green Republican Yea
25 Herman Quirmbach Democrat Yea
26 Kara Warme Republican Yea
27 Annette Sweeney Republican Yea
28 Dennis Guth Republican Yea
29 Sandy Salmon Republican Yea
30 Doug Campbell Republican Yea
31 William Dotzler Democrat Yea
32 Mike Klimesh Republican Yea
33 Carrie Koelker Republican Yea
34 Daniel Zumbach Republican Yea
35 Mike Zimmer Democrat Yea
36 Thomas Townsend Democrat Absent
37 Molly Donahue Democrat Yea
38 Dave Sires Republican Yea
39 Liz Bennett Democrat Yea
40 Art Staed Democrat Yea
41 Kerry Gruenhagen Republican Yea
42 Charlie McClintock Republican Yea
43 Zach Wahls Democrat Absent
44 Adrian Dickey Republican Yea
45 Janice Weiner Democrat Yea
46 Dawn Driscoll Republican Yea
47 Scott Webster Republican Yea
48 Mark Lofgren Republican Yea
49 Cindy Winckler Democrat Yea
50 Jeff Reichman Republican Yea
Client Declaration Last updated
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Date Time Type Description Location
Jan 29, 2026 9:30 AM Hearing Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Room 217 Conference Room
Feb 3, 2026 3:00 PM Hearing Senate Judiciary Committee RM 116