---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the future ready Iowa Act and other efforts to strengthen Iowa’s workforce, including provisions relating to apprenticeship training programs, a child care challenge program for working Iowans, computer science educational standards, a scholarship program, and the senior year plus program, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2384, HSB 607.) Effective date: 07/01/2021, 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the future ready Iowa Act and other efforts to strengthen Iowa’s workforce, including provisions relating to apprenticeship training programs, a child care challenge program for working Iowans, computer science educational standards, a scholarship program, and the senior year plus program, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2384, HSB 607.) Effective date: 07/01/2021, 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2629"
citation: "Iowa HF 2629 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["apprenticeships", "child care", "computers and software", "education", "education department", "future ready iowa", "job training", "scholarships", "senior year plus program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-05"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cfa0a2e-39fc-4fcc-b09a-2c6dc75fafdb"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2629&ga=88"
source_hash: "9dca36a9fb061b179605f7e9ebab532aa759a3b77015c2d11be81e88bc859a0b"
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 2629 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the future ready Iowa Act and other efforts to strengthen Iowa’s workforce, including provisions relating to apprenticeship training programs, a child care challenge program for working Iowans, computer science educational standards, a scholarship program, and the senior year plus program, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2384, HSB 607.) Effective date: 07/01/2021, 07/01/2020. Applicability 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/HF2629.html)
2. **Amendment H-8241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8241.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8270.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8289** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8289.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-5141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5141.pdf)
6. **Amendment S-5142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5142.pdf)
7. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/HF2629.html)
8. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/HF2629.html)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF2629.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall amendment S-5142 be adopted? — **17–32** (fail) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-05** Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. `introduction`
- **2020-06-08** Fiscal note.
- **2020-06-09** Amendment H-8241 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-10** Amendment H-8241 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10** Fiscal note.
- **2020-06-10** Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-10** Message from House.
- **2020-06-10** Read first time, attached to similar SF 2414. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** Substituted for SF 2414.
- **2020-06-11** Amendment S-5141 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-11** Amendment S-5142 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-11** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-11** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-11** Senate amendment H-8270 filed.
- **2020-06-11** Amendment H-8289 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-11** Fiscal note.
- **2020-06-12** Amendment H-8289, to the Senate amendment H-8270 withdrawn.
- **2020-06-12** House concurred in Senate amendment H-8270.
- **2020-06-12** Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-06-12** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-12** Message from House.
- **2020-06-24** 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/0cfa0a2e-39fc-4fcc-b09a-2c6dc75fafdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).