---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to human trafficking prevention training and reporting for employees of lodging providers in the state. Effective date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to human trafficking prevention training and reporting for employees of lodging providers in the state. Effective date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2259"
citation: "Iowa HF 2259 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["hotels and motels", "human trafficking", "lodging"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a0e883-f7cd-4b86-97b2-05da135a2001"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2259&ga=88"
source_hash: "270b24b8d8e058c1e5077a15912eb353780a8e1170ba35851ad60735304db928"
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 2259 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to human trafficking prevention training and reporting for employees of lodging providers in the state. 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/HF2259.html)
2. **Amendment H-8046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8046.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-5115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5115.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF2259.html)

## Votes

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Introduced, referred to Public Safety. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Subcommittee: Mohr, G., Breckenridge and Thorup.
- **2020-02-12** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2020 7:45AM House Lounge.
- **2020-02-13** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2020-02-13** Sponsor added, Isenhart.
- **2020-02-20** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on calendar
- **2020-02-27** Amendment H-8046 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-28** Fiscal note.
- **2020-03-05** Amendment H-8046 withdrawn.
- **2020-03-05** Passed House, yeas 96, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-05** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-09** Message from House.
- **2020-03-09** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Subcommittee: Cournoyer, R. Smith, and T. Taylor.
- **2020-06-09** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-09** Amendment S-5115 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-10** Amendment S-5115 withdrawn.
- **2020-06-10** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-10** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-29** 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/62a0e883-f7cd-4b86-97b2-05da135a2001`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).