---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to department of transportation employees designated as peace officers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 37.) Effective 3-21-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to department of transportation employees designated as peace officers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 37.) Effective 3-21-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 482"
citation: "Iowa HF 482 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["law enforcement", "law enforcement officers", "transportation department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fb69279-ac24-4db0-942b-a61107eb2021"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 482&ga=88"
source_hash: "ed3ea30046eef054abcc4f08eb67335472d5485ca706d101e191060449399724"
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 482 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to department of transportation employees designated as peace officers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 37.) Effective 3-21-19.

## 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/HF482.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF482.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **43–5** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Passed House, yeas 91, nays 3. `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-12** Message from House.
- **2019-03-12** Read first time and attached to similar SF 429. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Substituted for SF 429.
- **2019-03-14** Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 5. `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-14** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-20** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-03-21** 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/9fb69279-ac24-4db0-942b-a61107eb2021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).