---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to an offense involving trespass to agricultural production facilities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1227.) Effective 3-14-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to an offense involving trespass to agricultural production facilities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1227.) Effective 3-14-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 519"
citation: "Iowa SF 519 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agriculture", "animal facilities", "animal feeding operations", "animals", "conspiracy", "criminal law", "deceit", "farming", "livestock", "misdemeanors", "trespassing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/071c56e0-9fdb-4048-b7db-bced8a0f46e1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 519&ga=88"
source_hash: "88555d49d602efbfa352be38a2b401be9f70985bcfc0ef522dd4574273ba04a5"
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 519 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to an offense involving trespass to agricultural production facilities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1227.) Effective 3-14-19.

## 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/SF519.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF519.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **65–32** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal note.
- **2019-03-12** Passed Senate, yeas 41, nays 8. `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-12** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-12** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Substituted for HF 649.
- **2019-03-12** Passed House, yeas 65, nays 32. `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-12** Message from House.
- **2019-03-13** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-03-14** 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/071c56e0-9fdb-4048-b7db-bced8a0f46e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).