republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2017-2018/hf-473.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to high school equivalency programs and assessments and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 97.) Effective 4-20-17.	A bill for an act relating to high school equivalency programs and assessments and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 97.) Effective 4-20-17.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	HF 473	Iowa HF 473 (2017-2018)	bill	degrees and diplomas education high school equivalency diplomas schools	enacted		5	18	2	2017-02-28	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/fa541420-211f-4bb5-ac10-6bce2d95e5aa	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 473&ga=87	cf8f5268ef68cb0428a0b82d95f9537eae5d51f2d327470cb389d9a963059a2b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 473 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to high school equivalency programs and assessments and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 97.) Effective 4-20-17.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1226 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1241 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-28 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2017-03-21 Amendment H-1226 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-27 Amendment H-1241 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-28 Amendment H-1226 withdrawn.
• 2017-03-28 Amendment H-1241 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2017-03-28 Passed House, ayes 96, nays 0. passage
• 2017-03-28 Explanation of vote.
• 2017-03-28 Explanation of vote.
• 2017-03-28 Immediate message.
• 2017-03-28 Message from House.
• 2017-03-28 Read first time and attached to similar SF 350. reading-1
• 2017-04-10 Substituted for SF 350.
• 2017-04-10 Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0. passage
• 2017-04-10 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-10 Message from Senate.
• 2017-04-18 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
• 2017-04-18 Sent to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa541420-211f-4bb5-ac10-6bce2d95e5aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).