Relating to county and city regulation of pet licenses and fees

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2025
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits a county or city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment imposing a fee in excess of $40 annually in order to obtain a pet license. The bill requires a county or city to allocate all revenues from pet license fees to animal control and animal welfare services. Additionally, a county or city shall not require a veterinarian to disclose pet records including vaccination status as part of a pet licensing program but may require the pet owner applying for the license to provide proof of vaccination.

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

Senate subcommittee

Named March 11, 2025. On March 19, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Sen. Jesse Green REmail
• Sen. Mike Bousselot REmail
• Sen. Thomas Townsend DEmail

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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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