---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to military and veterans benefits. (Formerly HSB 65.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to military and veterans benefits. (Formerly HSB 65.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 288"
citation: "Iowa HF 288 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military", "national guard", "professional licensure", "professions", "veterans affairs", "veterans affairs commission", "veterans affairs department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ad6462-cf80-43b1-83f5-4460289445a7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 288&ga=88"
source_hash: "7c1f0e812390b490cdc2e231065e1396ce83e3d407ca2808a5b77693691a8103"
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 288 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to military and veterans benefits. (Formerly HSB 65.) Effective 7-1-19.

## 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/HF288.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF288.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Passed House, yeas 96, nays none. `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-18** Message from House.
- **2019-03-18** Read first time and attached to similar SF 512. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Substituted for SF 512.
- **2019-03-21** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-21** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-21** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-03-22** 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/54ad6462-cf80-43b1-83f5-4460289445a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).