All Roll Calls
Yes: 192 • No: 72
IowaSF 57991st General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
A bill for an act 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. (Formerly SSB 1184.) Effective date: 03/10/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Signed by Governor
local government
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Right to move civil rights complaints to state
Beginning March 10, 2026, if a local civil rights complaint under Chapter 216 is still open after 12 months, any party can ask to move it to the Iowa Office of Civil Rights. Within 300 days of filing, the local agency must tell all parties about this right and notify the state office of the complaint. If the case involves a state law the state enforces, the local agency must cross-file with the state. Cross-filing with other federal or state entities is also allowed when appropriate. If a complaint names a city, county, or other government, the local agency must refer it to the state office. For cases already pending 12 months or more on March 10, 2026, the local agency must send these notices and tell the state which cases got them.
Rules for local civil rights agencies
Beginning March 10, 2026, cities with 29,000 or more people may keep an independent civil rights agency or commission. The agency must follow state rules and, if staffed, control its own staff. The city must fund and structure it so it can work with the Iowa Office of Civil Rights. Local civil rights commissioners serve two-year terms. The law also removes paragraph c from Iowa Code 216.19; the effect depends on what that paragraph said.
State limits local anti-discrimination rules
Beginning March 10, 2026, cities cannot pass anti-discrimination rules that are broader or different than the state rules in Chapter 216. Local ordinances that add new protected categories beyond state law are not allowed.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/9/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 29 • No: 16
legislature vote • 3/5/2026
Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8157
Yes: 60 • No: 26
House vote • 3/5/2026
Passed House
Yes: 60 • No: 26
Senate vote • 3/26/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 43 • No: 4
Actions Timeline
Fiscal note.
3/13/2026legislatureSigned by Governor.
3/10/2026GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
3/10/2026SenateMessage from Senate.
3/9/2026SenateImmediate message.
3/9/2026legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 29, nays 16.
3/9/2026SenateSenate concurred with S-5075.
3/9/2026SenateAmendment S-5081 to S-5075 filed, lost.
3/9/2026legislatureDeferred.
3/9/2026legislatureMessage from House, with amendment S-5075.
3/9/2026HouseImmediate message.
3/5/2026legislaturePassed House, yeas 60, nays 26.
3/5/2026HouseAmendment H-8157 adopted.
3/5/2026legislatureMotion to suspend rules prevailed.
3/5/2026legislatureMotion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8157, yeas 60, nays 26.
3/5/2026legislaturePoint of order raised on H-8157, ruled not germane.
3/5/2026legislatureAmendments H-8073 and H-8091 withdrawn.
3/5/2026legislatureAmendment H-8157 filed.
3/4/2026legislatureFiscal note.
3/2/2026legislatureAmendment H-8091 filed.
3/2/2026legislatureAmendment H-8073 filed.
3/2/2026legislaturePlaced on calendar.
2/24/2026legislatureCommittee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
2/24/2026legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
2/24/2026legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
2/23/2026legislature
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