---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the publication duties of and the filling of vacancies on county agricultural extension councils and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective 5-2-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the publication duties of and the filling of vacancies on county agricultural extension councils and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective 5-2-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 170"
citation: "Iowa SF 170 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["county agricultural extension", "elections and politics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1bf55e3-d58d-4b33-a422-9527ec3a402d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 170&ga=88"
source_hash: "7cd6655b1a39ae01ab1fb1bc302d1da8052b439b48f7e03a394a4eebb2e3f844"
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 SF 170 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the publication duties of and the filling of vacancies on county agricultural extension councils and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective 5-2-19.

## 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/SF170.html)
2. **Amendment H-1221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1221.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF170.html)

## Votes

- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1221? — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Introduced, referred to Agriculture. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Costello, and Ragan.
- **2019-02-12** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-28** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-29** Read first time, referred to Agriculture. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Subcommittee: Baxter, Bearinger and Kerr.
- **2019-04-01** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2019 9:15AM House Lounge.
- **2019-04-02** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2019-04-03** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-16** Amendment H-1221 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Point of order raised on H-1221, ruled not germane.
- **2019-04-17** Motion to suspend rules to consider amendment H-1221.
- **2019-04-17** Motion to suspend rules failed.
- **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.
- **2019-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-02** 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/a1bf55e3-d58d-4b33-a422-9527ec3a402d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).