republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/sf-583.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to billing methods that may be utilized in connection with distributed generation facilities. (Formerly SSB 1201.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act relating to billing methods that may be utilized in connection with distributed generation facilities. (Formerly SSB 1201.) Effective date: 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 583"
citation: "Iowa SF 583 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["electric utilities", "electricity", "energy use", "infrastructure", "renewable energy", "tariffs", "transmitting utilities", "utilities", "utilities board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92e74d61-99e4-4533-9763-e5d18409589f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 583&ga=88"
source_hash: "9336f98e6926dcf942b5030042d9549c67a9bffa62ca457b9eccf022eff29435"
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 SF 583 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to billing methods that may be utilized in connection with distributed generation facilities. (Formerly SSB 1201.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

## 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/SF583.html)
2. **Amendment H-8033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8033.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8058** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8058.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3034** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3034.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-3038** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3038.pdf)
6. **Amendment S-3039** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3039.pdf)
7. **Amendment S-3040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3040.pdf)
8. **Amendment S-3041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S3041.pdf)
9. **Amendment S-5052** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5052.pdf)
10. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/SF583.html)
11. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/SF583.html)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF583.html)

## Votes

- Shall amendment S-3034 be adopted? — **19–28** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall amendment S-3038 be adopted? — **18–29** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3041 be adopted? — **19–28** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-13** Amendment S-3034 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Deferred.
- **2019-03-18** Amendment S-3039 filed, withdrawn. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment S-3041 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment S-3038 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment S-3040 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment S-3034 lost. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-18** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, yeas 28, nays 19. `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-19** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-27** Rereferred to Commerce.
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee: Carlson, Forbes and Mitchell.
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee Meeting: 02/20/2020 8:00AM House Lounge.
- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- **2020-02-25** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Committee amendment H-8033 filed.
- **2020-02-25** Placed on calendar
- **2020-03-03** Amendment H-8058 to H-8033 filed, adopted.
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment H-8033 adopted, as amended.
- **2020-03-03** Passed House, yeas 98, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-03** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-03** Message from House, with amendment S-5052.
- **2020-03-04** Senate concurred with S-5052.
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-04** Message from Senate.
- **2020-03-12** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-03-12** 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/92e74d61-99e4-4533-9763-e5d18409589f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).