republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/hf-2455.md

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Bill	A bill for an act allowing the use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty. (Formerly HF 657, HF 363.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	A bill for an act allowing the use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty. (Formerly HF 657, HF 363.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	HF 2455	Iowa HF 2455 (2019-2020)	bill	animals canine animals deer hunting natural resources	enacted		6	17	2	2020-02-19	2020-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/6d81af04-7173-4dd4-b4ab-f9b703a5c4da	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2455&ga=88	f71d749717edad02b5b8386613709a9a76b0c6394105573dde844a517c386feb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 2455 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act allowing the use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty. (Formerly HF 657, HF 363.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8060 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-5119 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-19 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2020-03-03 Amendment H-8060 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2020-03-04 Amendment H-8060 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2020-03-04 Passed House, yeas 95, nays 2. passage
• 2020-03-09 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-03-10 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-03-04 Immediate message.
• 2020-03-04 Message from House.
• 2020-03-04 Read first time, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. reading-1
• 2020-03-05 Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Kapucian, and Lykam.
• 2020-06-04 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2020-06-10 Amendment S-5119 filed, withdrawn. amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-10 Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 1. passage
• 2020-06-10 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-10 Message from Senate.
• 2020-06-16 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2020-06-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d81af04-7173-4dd4-b4ab-f9b703a5c4da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).