republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2017-2018/hf-617.md

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Bill	A bill for an act providing for the department of agriculture and land stewardship’s administration of certain functions, relating to forest and fruit tree reservation requirements, the name of the state soil conservation committee, financing of soil conservation and water quality practices, the health of agricultural animals, issuance of two-year licenses and the collection of related fees imposed upon persons engaged in the marketing of agricultural animals and mining operations, license fees imposed upon pesticide dealers, tickets for delivering commodities in bulk, labeling of motor fuel pumps dispensing certain ethanol blended gasoline, the use of scales, providing for penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 550 & HSB 120.) Various effective dates, see bill.	A bill for an act providing for the department of agriculture and land stewardship’s administration of certain functions, relating to forest and fruit tree reservation requirements, the name of the state soil conservation committee, financing of soil conservation and water quality practices, the health of agricultural animals, issuance of two-year licenses and the collection of related fees imposed upon persons engaged in the marketing of agricultural animals and mining operations, license fees imposed upon pesticide dealers, tickets for delivering commodities in bulk, labeling of motor fuel pumps dispensing certain ethanol blended gasoline, the use of scales, providing for penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 550 & HSB 120.) Various effective dates, see bill.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	HF 617	Iowa HF 617 (2017-2018)	bill	agriculture agriculture and land stewardship department animal diseases animal identification birds bovine animals brucellosis caprine animals classical swine fever commercial feed commodities egg handlers eggs ethanol fertilizers forest reservations forestry fruit-tree reservations fuels mining ovine animals pesticides porcine animals poultry secretary of agriculture seeds slaughterhouses soil conditioners soil conservation committee water water quality weight and measurement	enacted		2	14	2	2017-03-28	2017-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/778a14c4-cb09-4322-8aad-097358d0f54b	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 617&ga=87	f8591dbe9961fb241241f8a4d957d02fa5b6c38289ce8ae99dd734ab3150cc62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 617 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act providing for the department of agriculture and land stewardship’s administration of certain functions, relating to forest and fruit tree reservation requirements, the name of the state soil conservation committee, financing of soil conservation and water quality practices, the health of agricultural animals, issuance of two-year licenses and the collection of related fees imposed upon persons engaged in the marketing of agricultural animals and mining operations, license fees imposed upon pesticide dealers, tickets for delivering commodities in bulk, labeling of motor fuel pumps dispensing certain ethanol blended gasoline, the use of scales, providing for penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 550 & HSB 120.) 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
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-28 Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. introduction
• 2017-03-30 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2017-04-04 Passed House, ayes 98, nays 0. passage
• 2017-04-04 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-04 Message from House.
• 2017-04-04 Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. reading-1
• 2017-04-05 Subcommittee: Behn, Dotzler, and Schultz.
• 2017-04-12 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2017-04-19 Passed Senate, ayes 50, nays 0. passage
• 2017-04-19 Immediate message.
• 2017-04-19 Message from Senate.
• 2017-04-25 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
• 2017-04-25 Sent to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/778a14c4-cb09-4322-8aad-097358d0f54b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).