---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the resignations of registered agents serving certain business entities. (Formerly HSB 529.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the resignations of registered agents serving certain business entities. (Formerly HSB 529.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2402"
citation: "Iowa HF 2402 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["business entities", "cooperative associations", "corporations", "limited liability companies", "limited liability partnerships", "limited partnerships", "nonprofit entities", "partnerships", "process agents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/165e1f52-5821-46bf-bfd5-be156400edd1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2402&ga=88"
source_hash: "8dcd98d5d5bf7e88895b91bdc7900c5774fbd86f4c343217fd5f473f40e0ebc2"
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 2402 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the resignations of registered agents serving certain business entities. (Formerly HSB 529.) 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/HF2402.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF2402.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2020-03-03** Passed House, yeas 98, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-03** Message from House.
- **2020-03-03** Read first time, attached to companion SF 2185. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-03** Substituted for SF 2185.
- **2020-06-03** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-03** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-16** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-17** 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/165e1f52-5821-46bf-bfd5-be156400edd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).