---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to competitive bidding requirements applicable to certain governmental officials and employees. (Formerly HSB 51.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to competitive bidding requirements applicable to certain governmental officials and employees. (Formerly HSB 51.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 392"
citation: "Iowa HF 392 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["bidding", "contracts", "departments of state government", "ethics in government", "public officers", "state employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68cce1e7-a619-4407-a4ce-ebdd76a6f77a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 392&ga=88"
source_hash: "fe4d2d617cd9bb616abe556c3dbb5bc21824bea55ad453a360b99e4043f8edd1"
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 392 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to competitive bidding requirements applicable to certain governmental officials and employees. (Formerly HSB 51.) 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/HF392.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF392.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Passed House, yeas 95, nays none. `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-13** Message from House.
- **2019-03-13** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Subcommittee: Chapman, Lykam, and R. Smith.
- **2019-03-25** Subcommittee reassigned: Chapman, Bisignano, and R. Smith.
- **2019-04-03** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-11** Message from Senate.
- **2019-04-29** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-01** 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/68cce1e7-a619-4407-a4ce-ebdd76a6f77a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).