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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
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legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HF 617"
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citation: "Iowa HF 617 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-28"
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last_action: "2017-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/778a14c4-cb09-4322-8aad-097358d0f54b"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 617&ga=87"
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source_hash: "f8591dbe9961fb241241f8a4d957d02fa5b6c38289ce8ae99dd734ab3150cc62"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/87/attachments/HF617.html)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/HF617.html)
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## Votes
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- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Shall the bill pass? — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-28** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
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- **2017-03-30** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
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- **2017-04-04** Passed House, ayes 98, nays 0. `passage`
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- **2017-04-04** Immediate message.
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- **2017-04-04** Message from House.
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- **2017-04-04** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
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- **2017-04-05** Subcommittee: Behn, Dotzler, and Schultz.
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- **2017-04-12** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate, ayes 50, nays 0. `passage`
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- **2017-04-19** Immediate message.
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- **2017-04-19** Message from Senate.
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- **2017-04-25** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
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- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/778a14c4-cb09-4322-8aad-097358d0f54b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
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