---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the Iowa medal of honor highway, and including applicability provisions. Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the Iowa medal of honor highway, and including applicability provisions. Effective date: 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 388"
citation: "Iowa SF 388 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["highways", "memorials", "transportation department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ac1d0e-1c5e-4053-b40f-ee3b39555aa0"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 388&ga=88"
source_hash: "c5cb33823f8a8711b821eeb26eb76fa19e3f954f2ec84b96b186d6d1707d5752"
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 388 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the Iowa medal of honor highway, and including applicability provisions. 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/SF388.html)
2. **Amendment H-8073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8073.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8166** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8166.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-5098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5098.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF388.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 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.

- **2019-02-26** Introduced, referred to Transportation. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Subcommittee: Zumbach, Koelker, and J. Smith.
- **2019-03-05** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Fiscal note.
- **2019-03-27** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-28** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-28** Read first time, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Subcommittee: Huseman, Judge and Thorup.
- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee reassigned: Worthan, Huseman and Konfrst.
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/05/2020 8:00AM House Lounge.
- **2020-02-05** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2020-03-04** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on calendar
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment H-8073 filed.
- **2020-06-03** Amendment H-8166 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Amendment H-8073 out of order.
- **2020-06-03** Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-04** Message from House, with amendment S-5098.
- **2020-06-10** Senate concurred with S-5098.
- **2020-06-10** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-10** Message from Senate.
- **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/11ac1d0e-1c5e-4053-b40f-ee3b39555aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).