---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to bioscience-based economic development, the establishment of a bioscience development corporation, and membership on the Iowa innovation council. (Formerly SSB 1084.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to bioscience-based economic development, the establishment of a bioscience development corporation, and membership on the Iowa innovation council. (Formerly SSB 1084.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 228"
citation: "Iowa SF 228 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["biotechnology", "business assistance", "economic development", "economic development authority", "innovation", "innovation corporation", "innovation council", "science"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad796a00-507c-4f22-ab1f-e517cf69e9e1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 228&ga=88"
source_hash: "ab817fa6bdd64ba12ec99c597a4893b5892ec7b0d71ca9cd12c9d227f3ea9e54"
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 228 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to bioscience-based economic development, the establishment of a bioscience development corporation, and membership on the Iowa innovation council. (Formerly SSB 1084.) 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/SF228.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF228.html)

## Votes

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-25** Message from Senate.
- **2019-04-25** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Substituted for HF 477.
- **2019-04-25** Passed House, yeas 99 nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-25** Message from House.
- **2019-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-16** 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/ad796a00-507c-4f22-ab1f-e517cf69e9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).