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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 779"
citation: "Iowa HF 779 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-18"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0795cdbc-adc0-486d-906a-fe6378ab2046"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 779&ga=88"
source_hash: "edc5655196991806baf54f772b387a875c2dee8552a4f7238d3437468f5c18ec"
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 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](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/HF779.html)
2. **Amendment H-1282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1282.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1297.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-1309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1309.pdf)
5. **Amendment H-1311** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H1311.pdf)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/HF779.html)
7. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/HF779.html)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF779.html)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0795cdbc-adc0-486d-906a-fe6378ab2046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).