Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF244: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training
Status: In committee, February 26, 2025
An Act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2264YH (4) cm/jh H.F. Section 1. Section 216C.11, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: b. A person commits the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or a service-animal-in-training if all of the following elements are established: (1) For, for the purpose of obtaining any of the rights or privileges set forth in state or federal law, the person intentionally misrepresents an animal in one's possession as one's service animal or service-animal-in-training or a person with a disability's service animal or service-animal-in-training whom the person is assisting by controlling. (2) The person was previously given a written or verbal warning regarding the fact that it is illegal to intentionally misrepresent an animal as a service animal or a service-animal-in-training. (3) The person knows that the animal in question is not a service animal or a service-animal-in-training. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training. Under …
Sponsors
- Christian Hermanson (R, 59) · primary sponsor
- Craig Johnson (R, 67)
- Jane Bloomingdale (R, 60)
- Jason Gearhart (R, 64)
- Shannon Latham (R, 55)
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 615 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. H.J. 420 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 420 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 2:30PM RM 102.
- : Subcommittee: Nordman, Wilburn and Wills, J. H.J. 291 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 258 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 420 . (February 24, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: assistive animals, fraud
Common questions
- What is HF244?
- HF244 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training.
- What does HF244 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training.
- What is the status of HF244?
- In committee as of February 26, 2025. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 660 . (March 14, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF244?
- Christian Hermanson (R, 59), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF244?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0244&ga=91
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