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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 737: 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

Signed into law

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Cost: up to $450,000

House File 737 is estimated to increase costs to the justice system between $219,000 and $450,000 across multiple fiscal years. 00 4 Simple Misdemeanor In FY 2018, there were 68 simple misdemeanor convictions related to animal mistreatment: 61 for animal negle…

Senate subcommittee · named April 1, 2019

  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. March 13, 2019Filed in the House
  2. March 26, 2019Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 28, 2019Passed the House
  4. March 28, 2019Arrived in the Senate
  5. April 1, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Zaun, Bisignano and Schultz
  6. April 4, 2019Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 4, 2020Passed the Senate, 44–3
  8. March 10, 2020Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. June 12, 2020Passed the House
  10. June 13, 2020Passed the Senate, 44–4
  11. June 24, 2020Sent to the Governor
  12. June 29, 2020Signed into law

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF737