Relating to county or city legislation affecting dog ownership

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2023
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2023
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 1, 2023
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
6. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseApril 11, 202382–16
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits counties and cities from adopting, enforcing, or administering an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that restricts or hinders a person’s right to own or keep a dog based on the breed or perceived breed of the dog. The bill does not inhibit the authority of a county or city to adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that applies to all dogs.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§331.301§364.3

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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