---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act exempting from the sales tax certain items and services sold or furnished to nonprofit blood centers. (Formerly SSB 1114.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act exempting from the sales tax certain items and services sold or furnished to nonprofit blood centers. (Formerly SSB 1114.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 597"
citation: "Iowa SF 597 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["blood", "nonprofit entities", "sales taxes", "tax exemptions", "tax refunds", "taxation", "use taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89383c93-5d8f-491c-bb6a-758cff011436"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 597&ga=88"
source_hash: "503b6745e542835df7396d0703479c58d1407c39ac7ec6526097528eb4438435"
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 597 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act exempting from the sales tax certain items and services sold or furnished to nonprofit blood centers. (Formerly SSB 1114.) 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/SF597.html)
2. **Amendment H-1293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1293.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3234.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF597.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1298? — **47–51** (fail) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal note.
- **2019-04-02** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-03** Message from Senate.
- **2019-04-03** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Subcommittee: Bossman, Brown-Powers and Windschitl.
- **2019-04-11** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/15/2019 12:30PM House Lounge.
- **2019-04-15** Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- **2019-04-16** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendments H-1293 and H-1298 filed.
- **2019-04-25** Point of order raised on H-1298, ruled not germane.
- **2019-04-25** Motion to suspend rules for consideration of H-1298.
- **2019-04-25** Motion to suspend rules failed.
- **2019-04-25** Amendment H-1293 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Passed House, yeas 99 nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-25** Message from House, with amendment S-3234.
- **2019-04-25** Fiscal note, as amended by House amendment S-3234.
- **2019-04-26** Senate concurred with S-3234.
- **2019-04-26** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-26** Message from Senate.
- **2019-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-16** 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/89383c93-5d8f-491c-bb6a-758cff011436`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).