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

SF 591: Relating to the mistreatment of certain animals other than livestock and wildlife, by providing for criminal offenses, and including penalties

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Cost: up to $94,000

Senate File 591 is estimated to increase costs between $92,000 and $94,000 to the Justice System across multiple fiscal years. The cost by offense is summarized in Table 2 below. 00 Simple Misdemeanor In FY 2018, there were 61 simple misdemeanor convictions re…

Senate subcommittee · named January 14, 2020

  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. Kevin Kinney (D)
  • Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. March 11, 2019Filed in the Senate
  2. March 11, 2019Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 14, 2019Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 4, 2019Sent to the Senate Agriculture committee
  5. January 14, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Kinney and Zumbach

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/SF591