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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 775: Concerning unauthorized entry or access, including placement or use of a camera or electronic surveillance device while trespassing, unauthorized gathering of samples of certain materials relating to animals and animal feeding operations, and providing penalties

Signed into law

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 775 establishes new offenses, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to the lack of existing conviction data. Table 2 contains cost estimates for the average State cost per offense class type for one conviction. The cost estimate includes ope…

Senate subcommittee · named March 29, 2021

  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 11 for, 6 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Americans For Prosperity; Association of Iowa Fairs; Corteva Agriscience; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Honey Producers Association; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Poultry Association; Iowa State Dairy Association; Iowa Turkey Federation

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Animal Legal Defense Fund; Food & Water Watch; Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; The Humane Society of the United States

In plain words

  1. March 5, 2021Filed in the House
  2. March 10, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 23, 2021Passed the House, 72–24
  4. March 24, 2021Arrived in the Senate
  5. March 29, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Kinney and Zumbach
  6. March 29, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it
  7. March 29, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. March 29, 2021Sent to the Senate Commerce committee
  9. March 29, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Bisignano and Sinclair
  10. March 30, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  11. April 5, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  12. April 6, 2021Passed the Senate, 35–11
  13. April 12, 2021Passed the House, 72–20
  14. April 30, 2021Sent to the Governor
  15. April 30, 2021Signed into law
  16. June 8, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF775