---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or dissolution. (Formerly HSB 130.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or dissolution. (Formerly HSB 130.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 596"
citation: "Iowa HF 596 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["allowable growth", "education", "grade sharing", "school aid law", "school budgets", "school districts", "school finance", "school reorganization", "schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df707cd4-0ef3-48f1-9f02-c55da127b286"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 596&ga=88"
source_hash: "0d3d1b637836eae70003c944095b687df060305749fdbcf311626d589cac24f3"
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 596 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or dissolution. (Formerly HSB 130.) 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/HF596.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF596.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-17** Passed House, yeas 97 nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-04-17** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-17** Message from House.
- **2019-04-17** Read first time and attached to companion SF 602. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Substituted for SF 602.
- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Immediate message.
- **2019-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** 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/df707cd4-0ef3-48f1-9f02-c55da127b286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).