republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-296.md

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Bill	A bill for an act allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on duty.	A bill for an act allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on duty.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 296	Iowa SF 296 (2025-2026)	bill	animals canine animals emergency management emergency medical care health and human services department immunity law enforcement police dogs police protection and services veterinary medicine	enacted		4	18	2	2025-02-12	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/840fb3dc-c952-41cd-9c52-adbd5d17be17	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 296&ga=91	f51c314594f77222b144c5366e9e73667e9ea2cdbb245031cef8867d6d75a84c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 296 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on duty.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
3. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 90–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-02-12 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-03-11 Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. passage
• 2025-03-11 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-12 Message from Senate.
• 2025-03-12 Read first time, referred to Public Safety. reading-1
• 2025-03-13 Subcommittee: Vondran, Gjerde and Wills, J.
• 2025-03-19 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/20/2025 12:30PM RM 102.
• 2025-03-20 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2025-03-25 Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1.
• 2025-03-25 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-21 Passed House, yeas 90, nays 1. passage
• 2025-04-21 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-22 Message from House.
• 2025-05-06 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-05-06 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/840fb3dc-c952-41cd-9c52-adbd5d17be17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).