---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to peace officers and retired peace officers who provide street or highway driving instruction. (Formerly SF 207.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to peace officers and retired peace officers who provide street or highway driving instruction. (Formerly SF 207.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 319"
citation: "Iowa SF 319 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["driver education", "driving", "education", "law enforcement officers", "transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5778f57c-3698-484f-bc6e-044aa0c1c076"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 319&ga=88"
source_hash: "4ea379d6430105b7c379d65346c508bd3d7b6c90ea4ff5d49e5695132dd03c07"
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 319 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to peace officers and retired peace officers who provide street or highway driving instruction. (Formerly SF 207.) 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/SF319.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF319.html)

## Votes

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-12** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-12** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-13** Read first time, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Subcommittee: Thorup, A. Meyer and Williams.
- **2019-03-19** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/20/2019 1:00PM House Lounge.
- **2019-03-20** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2019-04-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-16** Passed House, yeas 99 nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-17** Message from House.
- **2019-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-03** 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/5778f57c-3698-484f-bc6e-044aa0c1c076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).