---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the transfer of real estate as part of the administration of a decedent’s estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3124.) Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the transfer of real estate as part of the administration of a decedent’s estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3124.) Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 2300"
citation: "Iowa SF 2300 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["property", "real property", "trusts and trustees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a69d3b-29d4-4998-8333-8a1be35c1fc9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2300&ga=88"
source_hash: "d19af0ad15595f95ac0021dc68eef86ad2a3776090ad580733438ed44f5d9b78"
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 2300 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the transfer of real estate as part of the administration of a decedent’s estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3124.) Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability 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/SF2300.html)
2. **Amendment S-5009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5009.pdf)
3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/SF2300.html)
4. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/SF2300.html)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF2300.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## 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** Amendment S-5009 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **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, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** Subcommittee: Hite, Derry and Mitchell.
- **2020-02-27** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/02/2020 12:00PM House Lounge.
- **2020-03-02** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2020-03-05** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on calendar
- **2020-06-03** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 1. `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-04** Message from House.
- **2020-06-16** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-17** 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/83a69d3b-29d4-4998-8333-8a1be35c1fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).