A bill for an act relating to bison and nondomesticated haired sheep being hunted or kept for hunting purposes when on a hunting preserve.

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FILE

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BY

FISHER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

bison

and

nondomesticated

haired

sheep

1

being

hunted

or

kept

for

hunting

purposes

when

on

a

hunting

2

preserve.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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134

Section

1.

Section

484B.1,

subsection

7,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

7.

a.

“Livestock”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

section

3

717.1

an

animal

belonging

to

the

bovine,

caprine,

equine,

4

ovine,

or

porcine

species;

ostriches,

rheas,

or

emus;

farm

deer

5

as

defined

in

section

170.1;

or

poultry

.

6

b.

“Livestock”

does

not

include

bison

or

nondomesticated

7

haired

sheep

being

hunted

or

kept

for

hunting

purposes

when

on

8

a

hunting

preserve

licensed

under

this

chapter.

9

Sec.

2.

Section

717.2,

subsection

1,

paragraph

c,

Code

2025,

10

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

11

c.

Injures

or

destroys

livestock

by

any

means

which

12

that

causes

pain

or

suffering

in

a

manner

inconsistent

with

13

customary

animal

husbandry

practices.

This

paragraph

does

not

14

apply

to

bison

or

nondomesticated

haired

sheep

being

hunted

or

15

kept

for

hunting

purposes

when

on

a

hunting

preserve

licensed

16

under

chapter

484B.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

relates

to

bison

and

nondomesticated

haired

sheep

21

being

hunted

or

kept

for

hunting

purposes

when

on

a

hunting

22

preserve.

23

The

bill

excludes

bison

and

nondomesticated

haired

sheep

24

being

hunted

or

kept

for

hunting

purposes

when

on

a

licensed

25

hunting

preserve

from

the

definition

of

“livestock”

in

current

26

law

related

to

hunting

preserves.

27

The

bill

also

excludes

bison

and

nondomesticated

haired

28

sheep

being

hunted

or

kept

for

hunting

purposes

when

on

a

29

licensed

hunting

preserve

from

laws

relating

to

violations

of

30

customary

animal

husbandry

practices

when

injuring

or

killing

31

livestock.

32

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