republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/sf-188.md

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Bill	A bill for an act prohibiting a governing board of a public college or university from adopting or enforcing any policy or rule that prohibits a person from carrying, transporting, or possessing a dangerous weapon producing a nonprojectile high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of such a college or university. (Formerly SF 120.) Effective 7-1-19.	A bill for an act prohibiting a governing board of a public college or university from adopting or enforcing any policy or rule that prohibits a person from carrying, transporting, or possessing a dangerous weapon producing a nonprojectile high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of such a college or university. (Formerly SF 120.) Effective 7-1-19.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	SF 188	Iowa SF 188 (2019-2020)	bill	colleges and universities community colleges electronic weapons regents board tasers weapons	enacted		9	32	8	2019-02-05	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/753241e3-1e1f-4b92-9200-af9166ec7cc0	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 188&ga=88	17c27cb5ac69b084a508af4665da5c0a579023fa25bf8bf471911bf9c4dab5ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 188 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act prohibiting a governing board of a public college or university from adopting or enforcing any policy or rule that prohibits a person from carrying, transporting, or possessing a dangerous weapon producing a nonprojectile high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of such a college or university. (Formerly SF 120.) Effective 7-1-19.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1228 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-1229 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-1230 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-1235 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-1265 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment S-3170 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment S-3196 (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 60–37 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment H-1230 be adopted? — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment H-1228 be adopted? — 47–52 (fail) · lower
• Shall the motion to concur be adopted? — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 38–11 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 39–9 (pass) · upper
• Shall amendment S-3196 to House amendment S-3170 be adopted? — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2019-02-05 Committee report, approving bill.
• 2019-03-13 Passed Senate, yeas 39, nays 9. passage
• 2019-03-13 Immediate message.
• 2019-03-13 Message from Senate.
• 2019-03-13 Read first time, referred to Public Safety. reading-1
• 2019-03-20 Subcommittee: Windschitl, Kerr and Thede.
• 2019-03-21 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/26/2019 8:15AM House Lounge.
• 2019-04-02 Subcommittee recommends passage.
• 2019-04-03 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2019-04-11 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2019-04-16 Amendment H-1228 filed, lost. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-16 Amendment H-1229 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-16 Amendment H-1235 to H-1229 filed, adopted.
• 2019-04-16 Amendment H-1229 lost, as amended.
• 2019-04-16 Amendment H-1230 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-16 Passed House, yeas 60 nays 37. passage
• 2019-04-16 Immediate message.
• 2019-04-17 Message from House, with amendment S-3170.
• 2019-04-22 Amendment S-3196 to S-3170 filed, adopted.
• 2019-04-22 Senate concurred with S-3170, as amended.
• 2019-04-22 Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 11. passage
• 2019-04-22 Immediate message.
• 2019-04-22 Message from Senate.
• 2019-04-22 Senate amendment H-1265 filed.
• 2019-04-23 House concurred in Senate amendment H-1265.
• 2019-04-23 Passed House, yeas 64 nays 34. passage
• 2019-04-24 Explanation of vote.
• 2019-04-23 Immediate message.
• 2019-04-24 Message from House.
• 2019-05-02 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2019-05-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/753241e3-1e1f-4b92-9200-af9166ec7cc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).