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A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licenses.(Formerly HSB 673 .)

A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licenses.(Formerly HSB 673 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Tabled until future meeting.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licenses.(Formerly HSB 673 .)

A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licenses.(Formerly HSB 673 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licenses.(Formerly HSB 673 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 Iowa Legislature

    Tabled until future meeting.

  2. 2026-03-31 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2026 12:00PM RM 102.

  3. 2026-03-23 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Wulf, Behn and McBurney. H.J. 725 .

  4. 2026-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 666 .

  5. 2026-02-20 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 366 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licenses.(Formerly HSB 673 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
House

File

2657

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2657

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

STATE

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

673)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

residency

requirements

for

fishing

and

1

hunting

licenses.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

422.20,

subsection

3,

paragraph

a,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

Unless

otherwise

expressly

permitted

by

section

8G.4

,

3

section

11.41

,

section

96.11,

subsection

6

,

section

421.17,

4

subsections

22,

23,

and

26

,

section

421.17,

subsection

27

,

5

paragraph

“k”

,

section

421.17,

subsection

31

,

section

252B.9

,

6

section

321.40,

subsection

6

,

sections

321.120

,

421.19

,

421.28

,

7

421.59

,

421.65

,

422.72

,

452A.63

,

section

483A.1A,

subsection

8

10,

paragraph

“g”

,

and

section

556.19,

subsection

2

,

this

9

section

,

or

another

provision

of

law,

a

tax

return,

return

10

information,

or

investigative

or

audit

information

shall

not

11

be

divulged

to

any

person

or

entity,

other

than

the

taxpayer,

12

the

department,

or

internal

revenue

service

for

use

in

a

matter

13

unrelated

to

tax

administration.

14

Sec.

2.

Section

422.72,

subsection

3,

paragraph

a,

Code

15

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

16

a.

Unless

otherwise

expressly

permitted

by

section

8G.4

,

17

section

11.41

,

section

96.11,

subsection

6

,

section

421.17,

18

subsections

22,

23,

and

26

,

section

421.17,

subsection

27

,

19

paragraph

“k”

,

section

421.17,

subsection

31

,

section

252B.9

,

20

section

321.40,

subsection

6

,

sections

321.120

,

421.19

,

421.28

,

21

421.65

,

422.20

,

452A.63

,

section

483A.1A,

subsection

10,

22

paragraph

“g”

,

and

section

556.19,

subsection

2

,

this

section

,

23

or

another

provision

of

law,

a

tax

return,

return

information,

24

or

investigative

or

audit

information

shall

not

be

divulged

to

25

any

person

or

entity,

other

than

the

taxpayer,

the

department,

26

or

internal

revenue

service

for

use

in

a

matter

unrelated

to

27

tax

administration.

28

Sec.

3.

Section

483A.1A,

subsection

10,

Code

2026,

is

29

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

30

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

g.

Is

or

was

required

to

file

a

tax

31

return

in

the

state

of

Iowa

for

the

previous

tax

year.

The

32

department

of

revenue

shall

assist

the

department

in

verifying

33

this

information.

The

department

of

revenue

shall

provide

no

34

additional

information

other

than

the

information

necessary

to

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confirm

the

tax

status

required

under

this

paragraph.

1

EXPLANATION

2

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

3

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

4

This

bill

relates

to

residency

requirements

for

fishing

and

5

hunting

licenses.

6

Under

current

law,

for

the

purposes

of

obtaining

a

license

as

7

described

in

Code

section

483A.1,

a

natural

person

can

claim

8

resident

status

if

the

person

can

meet

any

one

of

certain

9

criteria.

The

bill

adds

to

the

list

of

criteria

any

person

10

who

is

or

was

required

to

file

a

tax

return

in

Iowa

for

the

11

previous

tax

year.

The

bill

directs

the

department

of

natural

12

resources

(DNR)

to

coordinate

with

the

department

of

revenue

to

13

verify

the

person’s

information.

The

bill

explains

that

the

14

department

of

revenue

will

not

provide

any

more

information

to

15

DNR

than

what

is

necessary

to

confirm

the

required

tax

status.

16

The

bill

makes

conforming

changes

in

chapters

governing

17

the

department

of

revenue

to

allow

the

necessary

information

18

disclosure.

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