republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-654.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation, and making penalties applicable.	A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation, and making penalties applicable.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 654	Iowa SF 654 (2025-2026)	bill	animals dams drainage districts fees fur-bearing animals furs hunting identification natural resource commission sales trapping trees wildlife	enacted		6	23	2	2025-05-09	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b2a98f55-e73f-4584-b44d-dccc100c9d52	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 654&ga=91	2984ff356be8158100249e23cb7c15eec29afb2463243cd211b93415619eca20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 654 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation, and making penalties applicable.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8408 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-5216 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
5. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 32–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-09 Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. introduction
• 2025-05-09 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-05-14 Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. passage
• 2025-05-14 Immediate message.
• 2025-05-14 Message from Senate.
• 2026-01-13 Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee: Wulf, Gjerde and Hermanson.
• 2026-03-09 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 12:00PM House Lounge 2.
• 2026-03-11 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-21 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-04-21 Committee vote: Yeas, 24. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
• 2026-04-22 Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
• 2026-04-27 Amendment H-8408 filed, yeas 65, nays 24, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-04-27 Passed House, yeas 66, nays 23. passage
• 2026-05-01 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-04-27 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-27 Message from House, with amendment S-5216.
• 2026-05-02 Senate concurred with S-5216.
• 2026-05-02 Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 12. passage
• 2026-05-02 Immediate message.
• 2026-05-02 Message from Senate.
• 2026-05-11 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-06-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2a98f55-e73f-4584-b44d-dccc100c9d52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).