---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to payments from the indigent defense fund by the state public defender for costs incurred by a privately retained attorney representing an indigent person. (Formerly SSB 1135.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to payments from the indigent defense fund by the state public defender for costs incurred by a privately retained attorney representing an indigent person. (Formerly SSB 1135.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 590"
citation: "Iowa SF 590 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["attorneys", "criminal offenders", "indigent defense", "legal assistance", "poverty", "public defenders", "state public defender"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc2940f-d731-41c2-a88f-2d82b419c983"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 590&ga=88"
source_hash: "bce313fd2b0517003dda0ae676442acc25fbad38a6c81abe10ffc8627c3a92fe"
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 590 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to payments from the indigent defense fund by the state public defender for costs incurred by a privately retained attorney representing an indigent person. (Formerly SSB 1135.) 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/SF590.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF590.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **32–17** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-14** Fiscal note.
- **2019-03-26** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 17. `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-26** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-26** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Substituted for HF 675.
- **2019-04-15** Passed House, yeas 77 nays 21. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-04-15** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-16** Message from House.
- **2019-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-01** 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/6cc2940f-d731-41c2-a88f-2d82b419c983`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).