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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 557: A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 557 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties. Primary sponsor: Carter Nordman (Republican), Samantha Fett (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Withdrawn.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carter NordmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Samantha FettPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Withdrawn.
  2. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2348.
  3. Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. Excused, 0.
  4. Committee report, recommending passage.
  5. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  6. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 12:00PM House Lounge 2.
  7. Subcommittee: Fett, Nordman and Wessel-Kroeschell.
  8. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  9. Subcommittee Meeting: 03/03/2025 1:15PM House Lounge.
  10. Subcommittee: Nordman, Fett and Wessel-Kroeschell.
  11. Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source