republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/hf-737.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the regulation of persons involved with animals other than livestock and certain wild animals, providing for criminal offenses and court orders associated with animal mistreatment, and including penalties. (Formerly HSB 114.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	A bill for an act relating to the regulation of persons involved with animals other than livestock and certain wild animals, providing for criminal offenses and court orders associated with animal mistreatment, and including penalties. (Formerly HSB 114.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	HF 737	Iowa HF 737 (2019-2020)	bill	animal cruelty animals canine animals feline animals immunizations police dogs rabies	enacted		8	32	4	2019-03-13	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/92dd242b-b1be-4b6c-ae4d-ad19eb49117e	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 737&ga=88	c1e2c5f9007d981e710477649c57cf5d2bb790b516a172a11a9ffe8022805c47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 737 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to the regulation of persons involved with animals other than livestock and certain wild animals, providing for criminal offenses and court orders associated with animal mistreatment, and including penalties. (Formerly HSB 114.) 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-8084 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8277 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-5059 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-5062 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment S-5066 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment S-5148 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 44–4 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 44–3 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-13 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2019-03-26 Fiscal note.
• 2019-03-28 Passed House, yeas 96, nays none. passage
• 2019-04-26 Explanation of vote.
• 2019-03-28 Immediate message.
• 2019-03-28 Message from House.
• 2019-03-28 Read first time, referred to Judiciary. reading-1
• 2019-04-01 Subcommittee: Zaun, Bisignano, and Schultz.
• 2019-04-04 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2019-04-11 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2020-03-04 Amendment S-5062 filed, withdrawn. amendment-introduction
• 2020-03-04 Amendment S-5059 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2020-03-04 Amendment S-5066 to S-5059 filed, adopted.
• 2020-03-04 Amendment S-5059 adopted, as amended. amendment-passage
• 2020-03-04 Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 3. passage
• 2020-03-04 Immediate message.
• 2020-03-04 Message from Senate.
• 2020-03-04 Senate amendment H-8084 filed
• 2020-03-10 Fiscal note.
• 2020-06-11 Amendment H-8277 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-12 Amendment H-8277, to Senate amendment H-8084 adopted.
• 2020-06-12 House concurred in Senate amendment H-8084 as amended.
• 2020-06-12 Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. passage
• 2020-06-12 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-12 Message from House, with amendment S-5148.
• 2020-06-13 Senate concurred with S-5148.
• 2020-06-13 Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 4. passage
• 2020-06-13 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-06-13 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-13 Message from Senate.
• 2020-06-24 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2020-06-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92dd242b-b1be-4b6c-ae4d-ad19eb49117e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).