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---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on duty."
description: "A bill for an act allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 296"
citation: "Iowa SF 296 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["animals", "canine animals", "emergency management", "emergency medical care", "health and human services department", "immunity", "law enforcement", "police dogs", "police protection and services", "veterinary medicine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840fb3dc-c952-41cd-9c52-adbd5d17be17"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 296&ga=91"
source_hash: "f51c314594f77222b144c5366e9e73667e9ea2cdbb245031cef8867d6d75a84c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---
# Iowa SF 296 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on duty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/SF296.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF296.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF296_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF296.html)
## Votes
- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **90–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-12** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-12** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-12** Read first time, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Subcommittee: Vondran, Gjerde and Wills, J.
- **2025-03-19** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/20/2025 12:30PM RM 102.
- **2025-03-20** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1.
- **2025-03-25** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-21** Passed House, yeas 90, nays 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-22** Message from House.
- **2025-05-06** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840fb3dc-c952-41cd-9c52-adbd5d17be17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).