republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/sf-537.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to taking coyotes while using an artificial source of light. (Formerly SF 374.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	A bill for an act relating to taking coyotes while using an artificial source of light. (Formerly SF 374.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	SF 537	Iowa SF 537 (2019-2020)	bill	coyotes hunting lights	enacted		8	30	3	2019-03-07	2020-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fc833de8-39bc-4571-a9da-4e886bc1b37e	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 537&ga=88	6d9d47553639b1da07b16d8672582d9af8049a4e431cce8bda77b9b8cd10c275	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 537 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act relating to taking coyotes while using an artificial source of light. (Formerly SF 374.) 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-8051 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8064 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S-3031 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S-5064 (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
7. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 45–1 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-07 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2019-03-07 Committee report, approving bill.
• 2019-03-13 Amendment S-3031 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-13 Immediate message.
• 2019-03-13 Immediate message.
• 2019-03-13 Message from Senate.
• 2019-03-13 Read first time, referred to Natural Resources. reading-1
• 2019-03-18 Subcommittee: Shipley, Breckenridge and Osmundson.
• 2019-03-21 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/25/2019 12:30PM House Lounge.
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee reassigned: Jeneary, Steckman and Zumbach.
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2020 12:00PM House Lounge.
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends passage.
• 2020-02-13 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on calendar
• 2020-03-02 CORRECTION: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
• 2020-03-02 Committee amendment H-8051 filed.
• 2020-03-03 Amendment H-8064 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2020-03-04 Amendment H-8064, to committee amendment H-8051 adopted.
• 2020-03-04 Committee amendment H-8051 adopted, as amended.
• 2020-03-04 Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. passage
• 2020-03-09 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-03-10 Explanation of vote.
• 2020-03-04 Immediate message.
• 2020-03-04 Message from House, with amendment S-5064.
• 2020-03-11 Senate concurred with S-5064.
• 2020-03-11 Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 1. passage
• 2020-03-11 Immediate message.
• 2020-03-11 Message from Senate.
• 2020-06-01 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2020-06-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc833de8-39bc-4571-a9da-4e886bc1b37e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).