---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to towable recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel travel trailers, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1180.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to towable recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel travel trailers, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1180.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 435"
citation: "Iowa SF 435 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["automobile dealers", "recreational vehicles", "trailers", "vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e278a981-165e-455e-807b-0749e8b93720"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 435&ga=88"
source_hash: "5015f0d4da888e7838f46f0628a72d162c209ea00222f5ace66691061afd45b2"
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 435 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to towable recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel travel trailers, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1180.) 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/SF435.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF435.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-21** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-21** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-25** Read first time, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Subcommittee: Lohse, Thorup and Williams.
- **2019-03-26** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2019 11:30AM House Lounge.
- **2019-03-27** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2019-04-02** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2019-04-18** Passed House, yeas 96 nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-04-18** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-19** Message from House.
- **2019-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-02** 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/e278a981-165e-455e-807b-0749e8b93720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).