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Designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iowa
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: Approved in committeeFebruary 10, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDid not pass
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
- Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot
Did not pass It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This joint resolution designates the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of Iowa. The state records commission is required to obtain pictures and other appropriate representations of the American cream draft horse and display the pictures and information in the state historical museum. The editor of the Iowa official register is required to include in the Iowa official register a picture of the American cream draft horse along with pictures of the state rock, state flower, state bird, and state tree.
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 February 20, 2025. On February 25, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Lobbying
1 for · 0 against · 2 undecided · Who →
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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.
Tried before
91st General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- SJR 2002 Designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iow…90th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same titlePassed a chamber
- SJR 10 Designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iow…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HJR 2001 Designating the Iowa darter as the official state fish for the State of Iowa90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · similarCleared committee
- SJR 2005 Designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iow…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SJR 2007 Designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iow…91st General Assembly · Renumbered as SJR 2010Nearly identical
- HJR 2 Designating the Iowa darter as the official state fish for the state of Iowa91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageSimilar
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.