---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to speech and expression at public institutions of higher education, providing for remedies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1099.) Effective 3-27-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to speech and expression at public institutions of higher education, providing for remedies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1099.) Effective 3-27-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 274"
citation: "Iowa SF 274 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["colleges and universities", "community colleges", "freedom of speech", "freedoms", "regents board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f23371-4ba8-4d10-96e6-9f7754e954a7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 274&ga=88"
source_hash: "963f8b989f7bc71ee110adc0de5ab4451bf4782d8d99023fdb4eaed9406b572a"
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 274 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to speech and expression at public institutions of higher education, providing for remedies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1099.) Effective 3-27-19.

## 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/SF274.html)
2. **Amendment S-3015** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3015.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3019.pdf)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/SF274.html)
5. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/SF274.html)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF274.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3019 to amendment S-3015 be adopted? — **16–30** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **52–44** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal note.
- **2019-03-11** Amendment S-3015 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Amendment S-3019 to S-3015 filed, lost.
- **2019-03-11** Amendment S-3015 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate, yeas 35, nays 11. `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-03-11** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-11** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-12** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Passed on file.
- **2019-03-14** Substituted for HF 661.
- **2019-03-14** Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
- **2019-03-14** Passed House, yeas 52, nays 44. `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-03-14** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-18** Message from House.
- **2019-03-26** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14** Fiscal note, final action

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f23371-4ba8-4d10-96e6-9f7754e954a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).