---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust by permitting the use of funds for certain beneficiaries to attend out-of-state elementary or secondary schools, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2024.) Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 01/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust by permitting the use of funds for certain beneficiaries to attend out-of-state elementary or secondary schools, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2024.) Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 01/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2340"
citation: "Iowa HF 2340 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["educational savings plans", "schools", "special education", "students", "taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01e8855-2912-4eb2-bb95-645dbfe417d6"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2340&ga=88"
source_hash: "78cff4fd26f0bc457aab0564db0434c87a634649809df5ed0e3190a004a66769"
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 HF 2340 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust by permitting the use of funds for certain beneficiaries to attend out-of-state elementary or secondary schools, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2024.) Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 01/01/2020.

## 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/HF2340.html)
2. **Amendment H-8029** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8029.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8034** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8034.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF2340.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-11** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** Fiscal note.
- **2020-02-24** Amendment H-8029 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-25** Amendment H-8034 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-26** Amendments H-8029 and H-8034 withdrawn.
- **2020-02-26** Passed House, yeas 96, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-03** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-02-26** Immediate message.
- **2020-02-26** Message from House.
- **2020-02-26** Read first time, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Cournoyer, and J. Smith.
- **2020-03-02** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/03/2020 4:00PM RM 315.
- **2020-03-04** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2020-03-04** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-03** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-16** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-29** 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/d01e8855-2912-4eb2-bb95-645dbfe417d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).