---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to agricultural development, by providing for the Iowa finance authority, a beginning farmer tax credit program, fees, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 647 and HSB 173.) Effective 5-21-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to agricultural development, by providing for the Iowa finance authority, a beginning farmer tax credit program, fees, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 647 and HSB 173.) Effective 5-21-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 768"
citation: "Iowa HF 768 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agricultural development board", "agricultural development division", "agricultural land", "beginning farmers", "family farms", "farming", "finance authority", "income taxes", "real estate transfer taxes", "rental property", "tax credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb4f8949-6e9f-4a2e-8d8f-352a39f42637"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 768&ga=88"
source_hash: "d0bfacfeddf0e85de6076b3dbf126a3b6c288e558e8548c7fff7ded30b666a81"
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 768 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to agricultural development, by providing for the Iowa finance authority, a beginning farmer tax credit program, fees, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 647 and HSB 173.) Effective 5-21-19.

## 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/HF768.html)
2. **Amendment H-1214** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1214.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1275.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-1291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1291.pdf)
5. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/HF768.html)
6. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/HF768.html)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF768.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Fiscal note.
- **2019-04-15** Amendment H-1214 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment H-1275 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Amendments H-1291 and H-1292 to H-1275 filed.
- **2019-04-24** Amendments H-1291 and H-1292 to H-1275 withdrawn.
- **2019-04-24** Amendment H-1275 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment H-1214 withdrawn.
- **2019-04-24** Passed House, yeas 99 nays 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-24** Message from House.
- **2019-04-24** Read first time and attached to similar SF 624. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Substituted for SF 624.
- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-25** Message from Senate.
- **2019-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** 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/cb4f8949-6e9f-4a2e-8d8f-352a39f42637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).