---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the setoff procedures used by public agencies and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 656.) Contingent effective date."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the setoff procedures used by public agencies and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 656.) Contingent effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2565"
citation: "Iowa HF 2565 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["debt collection", "debts", "finance", "offset", "public officers", "revenue department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/335cd156-df7e-4cc7-b3b8-7f625fb38782"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2565&ga=88"
source_hash: "ed03ddb57d6482cb37e9364aa805b5a014ec530b7b808386a2995b7bd1f844c1"
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 2565 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the setoff procedures used by public agencies and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 656.) Contingent effective date.

## 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/HF2565.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF2565.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-26** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House, yeas 93, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-09** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-02** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-03** Message from House.
- **2020-03-03** Read first time, attached to similar SF 2328. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-05** Substituted for SF 2328.
- **2020-06-05** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-05** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-05** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-16** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-17** 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/335cd156-df7e-4cc7-b3b8-7f625fb38782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).