---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to background checks for employees and students of certain facilities, providers, programs, and agencies. (Formerly SSB 3179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to background checks for employees and students of certain facilities, providers, programs, and agencies. (Formerly SSB 3179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 2299"
citation: "Iowa SF 2299 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal history", "health", "health-related facilities", "health-related professions", "hospitals", "labor and employment", "public safety department", "students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c113d0-6ac3-4122-b49c-7356c6b53d91"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2299&ga=88"
source_hash: "4d9b1206dc44c8829577239b098595b1e6621f92a2d67ca20b73ebd937aeddf7"
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 2299 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to background checks for employees and students of certain facilities, providers, programs, and agencies. (Formerly SSB 3179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

## 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/SF2299.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF2299.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** Introduced, placed on calendar, under Rule 28. `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Immediate message.
- **2020-02-24** Message from Senate.
- **2020-02-25** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for HF 2435.
- **2020-03-10** Passed House, yeas 100, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-11** Message from House.
- **2020-06-01** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-01** 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/30c113d0-6ac3-4122-b49c-7356c6b53d91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).