---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act establishing a rural veterinarian loan repayment program for veterinary students and certain licensed veterinarians and a rural veterinary care trust fund, and making appropriations. (Formerly SF 2176.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act establishing a rural veterinarian loan repayment program for veterinary students and certain licensed veterinarians and a rural veterinary care trust fund, and making appropriations. (Formerly SF 2176.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 2398"
citation: "Iowa SF 2398 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations", "loans", "rural areas", "student loans", "students", "veterinary medicine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/812cb81e-27fe-43de-a605-89b0bd506711"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2398&ga=88"
source_hash: "0bccb70d5a5a02271301b9c19f9a922f4308a1faa2b78dec0df3d04a2b57e4b3"
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 2398 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act establishing a rural veterinarian loan repayment program for veterinary students and certain licensed veterinarians and a rural veterinary care trust fund, and making appropriations. (Formerly SF 2176.) 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/SF2398.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF2398.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-27** NOBA: Senate Full Approps
- **2020-03-02** Introduced, placed on Approp. calendar, under Rule 28. `introduction`
- **2020-03-02** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2020-06-04** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-04** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-04** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-04** Introduced, passed on file. `introduction`
- **2020-06-05** NOBA: Senate Floor
- **2020-06-11** Substituted for HF 2615.
- **2020-06-11** Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-11** Message from House.
- **2020-06-11** NOBA: Final
- **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/812cb81e-27fe-43de-a605-89b0bd506711`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).