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HF2251 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to ginseng harvesting fee and licensing requirements.(Formerly HF 2021 .)

A bill for an act relating to ginseng harvesting fee and licensing requirements.(Formerly HF 2021 .)

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Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Last action
2026-01-30
Official status
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 190 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to ginseng harvesting fee and licensing requirements.(Formerly HF 2021 .)

A bill for an act relating to ginseng harvesting fee and licensing requirements.(Formerly HF 2021 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to ginseng harvesting fee and licensing requirements.(Formerly HF 2021 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-30 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 190 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to ginseng harvesting fee and licensing requirements.(Formerly HF 2021 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2251

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2251

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

NATURAL

RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

2021)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

ginseng

harvesting

fee

and

licensing

1

requirements.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2251

Section

1.

Section

456A.24,

subsection

11,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

11.

Establish

a

program

governing

the

harvesting

and

sale

3

of

American

ginseng

subject

to

the

convention

on

international

4

trade

in

endangered

species

of

wild

fauna

and

flora

and

adopt

5

rules

providing

for

the

time

and

conditions

for

harvesting

6

the

ginseng,

the

registration

of

dealers

and

exporters,

the

7

records

kept

by

dealers

and

exporters,

and

the

certification

8

of

legal

taking.

The

time

for

harvesting

of

wild

ginseng

9

shall

not

begin

before

September

1

or

extend

beyond

November

10

1.

There

shall

be

no

fees

or

licensing

requirement

for

the

11

harvesting

of

wild

ginseng

beyond

the

applicable

requirements

12

of

the

convention

on

international

trade

in

endangered

species

13

and

wild

fauna.

A

person

violating

this

subsection

or

rules

14

adopted

by

the

department

pursuant

to

this

subsection

is

15

subject

to

a

scheduled

fine

pursuant

to

section

805.8B,

16

subsection

4

.

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

ginseng

harvesting

fee

and

licensing

21

requirements.

22

Under

current

law,

the

department

of

natural

resources

23

(department)

is

authorized

to

establish

a

program

governing

the

24

harvesting

and

sale

of

American

ginseng.

The

bill

prohibits

25

the

department

from

imposing

a

fee

or

licensing

requirement

26

for

the

harvesting

of

wild

ginseng

beyond

the

applicable

27

requirements

of

the

convention

on

international

trade

in

28

endangered

species

and

wild

fauna.

29

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