---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act authorizing a retirement system merger relating to an alternative retirement system for certain school district employees. Effective 7-1-17."
description: "A bill for an act authorizing a retirement system merger relating to an alternative retirement system for certain school district employees. Effective 7-1-17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 89"
citation: "Iowa HF 89 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["education", "public employees' retirement system", "retirement", "retirement plans", "school districts", "schools", "teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d1427d4-d81a-484b-b065-9f93251dcd6c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 89&ga=87"
source_hash: "5b60934f8ba4b37fb0ac54b99a911f50a76f1b13e8c8b925ad170268f03e1e01"
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 HF 89 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act authorizing a retirement system merger relating to an alternative retirement system for certain school district employees. Effective 7-1-17.

## 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/87/attachments/HF89.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/HF89.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced, referred to State Government. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Subcommittee: Pettengill, Cownie and Winckler.
- **2017-02-27** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Passed House, ayes 96, nays 1. `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Immediate message.
- **2017-03-21** Message from House.
- **2017-03-21** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Subcommittee: Schneider, Bisignano, and Brown.
- **2017-03-30** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-07** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate, ayes 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Immediate message.
- **2017-04-13** Message from Senate.
- **2017-04-25** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** 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/4d1427d4-d81a-484b-b065-9f93251dcd6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).