republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2017-2018/sf-438.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to bidding and contracting for public improvement projects, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1145.) Effective 4-13-17.	A bill for an act relating to bidding and contracting for public improvement projects, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1145.) Effective 4-13-17.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	SF 438	Iowa SF 438 (2017-2018)	bill	bidding construction work contractors public contracts public improvements purchasing	enacted		10	28	10	2017-03-06	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d23720cc-bcd5-4515-80c6-976e776dfb22	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 438&ga=87	23376c00b0402a3efca7f650241161752f3f535b39fe76de23e38e5e59e7cd6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 438 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to bidding and contracting for public improvement projects, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1145.) Effective 4-13-17.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1231 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1232 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-3114 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-3115 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment S-3117 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment S-3118 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment S-3120 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment S-3121 (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall amendment H-1232 be adopted? — 41–57 (fail) · lower
• Shall amendment S-3115 be adopted? — 21–26 (fail) · upper
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1231? — 41–57 (fail) · lower
• Shall amendment S-3114 be adopted? — 21–27 (fail) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3120 be adopted? — 21–26 (fail) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3118 be adopted? — 21–26 (fail) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 26–21 (pass) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3117 be adopted? — 21–27 (fail) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 57–41 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment S-3121 be adopted? — 21–26 (fail) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-06 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2017-03-06 Committee report, approving bill.
• 2017-03-09 Amendment S-3114 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Amendment S-3117 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Deferred.
• 2017-03-09 Amendment S-3115 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Amendment S-3120 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Amendment S-3118 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Amendment S-3121 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-09 Passed Senate, ayes 26, nays 21. passage
• 2017-03-13 Explanations of votes.
• 2017-03-09 Immediate message.
• 2017-03-09 Message from Senate.
• 2017-03-09 Read first time, referred to Labor. reading-1
• 2017-03-13 Subcommittee: Klein, Highfill and Running-Marquardt.
• 2017-03-22 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Amendments H-1231, H-1232 and H-1233 filed.
• 2017-04-04 Point of order raised on H-1231, ruled not germane.
• 2017-04-04 Motion to suspend rules to consider H-1231.
• 2017-04-04 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2017-04-04 Amendment H-1232 lost.
• 2017-04-04 Point of order raised on H-1233, ruled not germane.
• 2017-04-04 Passed House, ayes 57, nays 41. passage
• 2017-04-04 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-05 Message from House.
• 2017-04-11 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker.
• 2017-04-11 Sent to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-04-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d23720cc-bcd5-4515-80c6-976e776dfb22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).