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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act providing for veterinary medicine, including the care of animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
+description: "A bill for an act providing for veterinary medicine, including the care of animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HF 670"
+citation: "Iowa HF 670 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["animals", "colleges and universities", "health-related professions", "livestock", "professional licensure", "veterinary medicine"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-17"
+last_action: "2023-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efbd86e7-abfe-468a-b042-140c3868ea50"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 670&ga=90"
+source_hash: "ab05b022d00dbf8fcfdb6be61ef38f116f12179058bb98e64f74d2c15355c54d"
+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 670 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act providing for veterinary medicine, including the care of animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
+
+## 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/90/attachments/HF670.html)
+2. **Amendment H-1212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1212.pdf)
+3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF670.html)
+4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF670_GovLetter.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF670.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-17** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
+- **2023-03-20** Fiscal note.
+- **2023-04-12** Amendment H-1212 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed House, yeas 99, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2023-05-05** Explanation of vote.
+- **2023-04-12** Immediate message.
+- **2023-04-13** Message from House.
+- **2023-04-13** Read first time, attached to SF 541. `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Fiscal note.
+- **2023-04-24** Substituted for SF 541.
+- **2023-04-24** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2023-04-24** Immediate message.
+- **2023-04-25** Message from Senate.
+- **2023-05-09** Fiscal note.
+- **2023-05-09** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2023-06-01** 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/efbd86e7-abfe-468a-b042-140c3868ea50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+