---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the procedure for disposal of certain city utilities by sale. (Formerly SSB 1184.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the procedure for disposal of certain city utilities by sale. (Formerly SSB 1184.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 620"
citation: "Iowa SF 620 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appraisals", "city government", "telecommunications", "transmitting utilities", "utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2020-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf5e7ad-7d0f-4f5f-9f5e-51d2a1a39b43"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 620&ga=88"
source_hash: "17bcd28c99e9b45827951a4be48d8c442dfa1b9c793e7e24740d3874ab7a96d7"
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 620 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the procedure for disposal of certain city utilities by sale. (Formerly SSB 1184.) Effective 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/SF620.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF620.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **68–29** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-15** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-04-23** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-23** Message from Senate.
- **2019-04-23** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Subcommittee: Wheeler, Carlson and Jacoby.
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2020 11:30AM House Lounge.
- **2020-06-09** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-11** Passed House, yeas 68, nays 29. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-11** Message from House.
- **2020-06-16** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-18** 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/8cf5e7ad-7d0f-4f5f-9f5e-51d2a1a39b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).