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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to liability arising from the donation of equipment by a municipality, fire department, emergency medical services provider, or law enforcement agency. (Formerly SF 2179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to liability arising from the donation of equipment by a municipality, fire department, emergency medical services provider, or law enforcement agency. (Formerly SF 2179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SF 2259"
+citation: "Iowa SF 2259 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["civil law", "civil liability", "donations", "emergency medical care", "fire departments", "fires and fire protection", "law enforcement", "police officers", "tort law"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-13"
+last_action: "2020-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a11399-47aa-4f62-bc9b-91997bfe96b4"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2259&ga=88"
+source_hash: "2a3b8084101eccaa5eba1796d22c3eb6db25882540ea3f270061cab36102f577"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa SF 2259 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to liability arising from the donation of equipment by a municipality, fire department, emergency medical services provider, or law enforcement agency. (Formerly SF 2179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/SF2259.html)
+2. **Amendment H-8050** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8050.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF2259.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- Shall amendment H-8050 be adopted? — **45–52** (fail) · lower
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-13** Introduced, placed on calendar, under Rule 28. `introduction`
+- **2020-02-13** Committee report, approving bill.
+- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2020-02-27** Immediate message.
+- **2020-03-02** Message from Senate.
+- **2020-03-02** Amendment H-8050 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2020-03-03** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-04** Substituted for HF 2493.
+- **2020-03-04** Amendment H-8050 lost.
+- **2020-03-04** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** Explanation of vote.
+- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
+- **2020-03-04** Immediate message.
+- **2020-03-04** Message from House.
+- **2020-06-01** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
+- **2020-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a11399-47aa-4f62-bc9b-91997bfe96b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+