---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the removal of county veterans service officers. (Formerly HSB 229.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the removal of county veterans service officers. (Formerly HSB 229.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 689"
citation: "Iowa HF 689 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["county officers", "county veteran affairs commissions", "removal from office", "veterans affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1aaaaf9-0d53-4fa3-a0b4-7d06e32b61c6"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 689&ga=88"
source_hash: "8082bd00fefacaa9544866abe3a07269867babea06229ca5ff39251b561dcd91"
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 689 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the removal of county veterans service officers. (Formerly HSB 229.) 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/HF689.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF689.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Passed House, yeas 96, nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-03-28** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-28** Message from House.
- **2019-03-28** Read first time, referred to Veterans Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Subcommittee: Costello, Dawson, and R. Taylor.
- **2019-04-02** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-24** Message from Senate.
- **2019-04-29** 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/a1aaaaf9-0d53-4fa3-a0b4-7d06e32b61c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).