republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/hf-779.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the department of revenue, including the administration and modification of certain tax credits and refunds, the individual and corporate income taxes, franchise taxes, moneys and credits taxes, sales and use taxes, and automobile rental excise taxes, the assessment of property owned by certain long distance telephone companies, establishing a taxation and exemption of computers task force, extending the utility replacement task force, and providing for other properly related matters, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 257.) Various effective dates, see bill.	A bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the department of revenue, including the administration and modification of certain tax credits and refunds, the individual and corporate income taxes, franchise taxes, moneys and credits taxes, sales and use taxes, and automobile rental excise taxes, the assessment of property owned by certain long distance telephone companies, establishing a taxation and exemption of computers task force, extending the utility replacement task force, and providing for other properly related matters, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 257.) Various effective dates, see bill.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	HF 779	Iowa HF 779 (2019-2020)	bill	adoptions checkoffs computers and software corporate taxes credit unions fires and fire protection fish and game protection fund franchise taxes geothermal energy grain income taxes internal revenue code manufacturing moneys and credits taxes property property taxes real property rental vehicles replacement taxes research revenue department sales taxes state fair task forces tax credits taxation telecommunications telephone services transfers of ownership tuition use taxes utilities veterans trust fund	enacted		8	22	3	2019-04-18	2019-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0795cdbc-adc0-486d-906a-fe6378ab2046	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 779&ga=88	edc5655196991806baf54f772b387a875c2dee8552a4f7238d3437468f5c18ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 779 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the department of revenue, including the administration and modification of certain tax credits and refunds, the individual and corporate income taxes, franchise taxes, moneys and credits taxes, sales and use taxes, and automobile rental excise taxes, the assessment of property owned by certain long distance telephone companies, establishing a taxation and exemption of computers task force, extending the utility replacement task force, and providing for other properly related matters, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 257.) Various effective dates, see bill.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1282 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1297 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1309 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-1311 (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
7. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 44–4 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 90–8 (pass) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1297? — 46–52 (fail) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-18 Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. introduction
• 2019-04-23 Amendment H-1282 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-24 Amendment H-1297 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-25 Amendment H-1309 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-25 Amendment H-1311 to amendment H-1309 filed, adopted.
• 2019-04-25 Amendment H-1309 adopted, as amended. amendment-passage
• 2019-04-25 Amendment H-1282 withdrawn.
• 2019-04-25 Point of order raised on H-1297, ruled not germane.
• 2019-04-25 Motion to suspend rules for consideration of amendment H-1297.
• 2019-04-25 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2019-04-25 Passed House, yeas 90 nays 8. passage
• 2019-04-26 Explanation of vote.
• 2019-04-25 Immediate message.
• 2019-04-26 Message from House.
• 2019-04-26 Read first time and attached to similar SF 631. reading-1
• 2019-04-26 Fiscal note.
• 2019-04-27 Substituted for SF 631.
• 2019-04-27 Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 4. passage
• 2019-04-27 Immediate message.
• 2019-04-27 Message from Senate.
• 2019-05-03 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2019-05-16 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0795cdbc-adc0-486d-906a-fe6378ab2046. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).