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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 670: Providing for veterinary medicine, including the care of animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Signed into law

What it does

GENERAL.10).11). A person who practices veterinary medicine without a valid license or permit is guilty of a fraudulent practice. The bill provides definitions of terms used throughout the Code chapter and creates a new subchapter authorizing certain individuals to provide authorized veterinary medical services to animals in a manner that would otherwise constitute the practice of veterinary medicine, so long as the authorized veterinary medical services are provided under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian (supervising veterinarian).

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Hsb 139) (companion To Sf 541 By Committee on Agriculture) committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 670 establishes a new simple misdemeanor and adds practicing veterinary medicine without a license or permit to the fraudulent practice violations. The fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. Table 2 below shows …

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: Animal Rescue League Iowa, Inc.; Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Veterinary Medical Association; The Humane Society of the United States

In plain words

  1. March 17, 2023Filed in the House
  2. March 20, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. April 12, 2023Passed the House, 99–0
  4. April 13, 2023Arrived in the Senate
  5. April 14, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  6. April 24, 2023Took the place of SF 541 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  7. April 24, 2023Passed the Senate, 49–0
  8. May 9, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. May 9, 2023Sent to the Governor
  10. June 1, 2023Signed into law

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/90/HF670