---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to assistance animals and service animals in housing, service animals and service-animals-in-training in public accommodations, and misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 63.) Various effective dates; see section 9 of bill."
description: "A bill for an act relating to assistance animals and service animals in housing, service animals and service-animals-in-training in public accommodations, and misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 63.) Various effective dates; see section 9 of bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 341"
citation: "Iowa SF 341 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["animals", "assistive animals", "canine animals", "civil rights commission", "disabilities", "equine animals", "housing", "landlord and tenant", "misdemeanors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/169001a4-5cdd-4bd0-a719-e60fefe6d064"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 341&ga=88"
source_hash: "66b17a1c8f3640e8186b62e49e400e243835743f1708322ab9bac559ce5afbdf"
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 341 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to assistance animals and service animals in housing, service animals and service-animals-in-training in public accommodations, and misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or a service-animal-in-training, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 63.) Various effective dates; see section 9 of 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/SF341.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF341.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-19** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-19** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-19** Read first time, referred to Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Subcommittee: Landon, Judge and Sorensen.
- **2019-03-20** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/25/2019 1:30PM House Lounge.
- **2019-03-25** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2019-03-26** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Fiscal note.
- **2019-04-10** Passed House, yeas 99 nays none. `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Immediate message.
- **2019-04-11** Message from House.
- **2019-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-05-02** 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/169001a4-5cdd-4bd0-a719-e60fefe6d064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).