# Iowa HF 706: A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 416.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Iowa HF 706, A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 416.) Effective date: 07/01/2025., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT; status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Signed by Governor.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF706-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa HF 706 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 416.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-28 - Last action: 2025-06-06, Signed by Governor. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: state government - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (212 yes, 23 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New Iowa officials must complete training: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, newly elected or appointed public-body members must take 1 to 2 hours of open-government training. Members and bodies outside the Iowa Public Information Board’s jurisdiction are exempt. Training is due within 90 days after the applicable oath, start of duties, or election.… - Public loses access to security records: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa exempts two types of security-system information from public-records disclosure. One covers information from legislative-branch security cameras monitoring state-owned or state-leased property. The other covers state employee ID-card access systems for state-owned or st… - Officials face stronger open-government penalties: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa public-body members who participate in open-meetings violations face $500 to $2,500 in damages each. Knowing participation carries $5,000 to $12,500 each; members who prove a legal defense avoid damages. Payments go to the state for state-body violations, or the local g… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | House | Passed House | pass | 83 | 10 | | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 34 | 13 | | | 2025-03-24 | House | Passed House | pass | 95 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-06-06: Signed by Governor. (House) - 2025-05-19: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. (House) - 2025-04-23: Message from House. (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Immediate message. (House) - 2025-04-23: Passed House, yeas 83, nays 10. (House) - 2025-04-23: House concurred in Senate amendment H-1250. (House) - 2025-04-22: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2025-04-17: Senate amendment H-1250 filed. (House) - 2025-04-17: Message from Senate. (House) - 2025-04-17: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Passed Senate, yeas 34, nays 13. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Amendment S-3109 ruled out of order. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Amendment S-3110 adopted. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Point of order raised on S-3110, ruled in order. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Amendment S-3110 filed. (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Amendment S-3109 filed, deferred. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Placed on calendar. (legislature) - 2025-04-02: Committee report, recommending passage. (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Subcommittee recommends passage. (legislature) - 2025-03-27: Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 11:30AM Senate Lounge. (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Subcommittee: Webster, Townsend, and Westrich. (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Read first time, referred to State Government. (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Message from House. (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2025-03-24: Immediate message. (House) - 2025-03-24: Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. (House) - 2025-03-24: Amendment H-1088 adopted. (House) - 2025-03-13: Amendment H-1088 filed. (House) - 2025-02-28: Introduced, placed on calendar. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF706.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF706.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) 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