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A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148 .)

A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148 .)

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
LOFGREN
Last action
2025-01-29
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 148 . S.J. 163 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148 .)

A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 148 . S.J. 163 .

  2. 2025-01-16 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [].

  3. 2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/16/2025 11:45AM Room 217 Conference Room.

  4. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Shipley, De Witt, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 71 .

  5. 2025-01-13 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 36 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses.(See SF 148 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

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BY

LOFGREN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

special

landowner

turkey

hunting

licenses.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

483A.24,

subsection

2,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

Upon

written

application

on

forms

furnished

by

the

3

department,

the

department

shall

issue

annually

without

fee

one

4

wild

turkey

license

to

the

owner

of

a

farm

unit

or

to

a

member

5

of

the

owner’s

family,

but

not

to

both,

and

to

the

tenant

or

6

to

a

member

of

the

tenant’s

family,

but

not

to

both.

The

wild

7

turkey

hunting

licenses

issued

shall

be

valid

only

on

the

8

farm

unit

for

which

an

applicant

qualifies

pursuant

to

this

9

subsection

and

shall

be

equivalent

to

the

least

restrictive

10

license

issued

under

section

481A.38

.

The

owner

or

the

tenant

11

need

not

reside

on

the

farm

unit

to

qualify

for

a

free

license

12

to

hunt

on

that

farm

unit.

The

free

turkey

hunting

licenses

13

issued

pursuant

to

this

paragraph

shall

be

valid

and

may

be

14

used

during

any

bow

or

firearm

turkey

hunting

season

open

15

season

using

a

method

of

take

authorized

for

that

season,

16

subject

to

any

other

restrictions

that

may

apply,

without

first

17

designating

a

season

of

use

for

the

license

.

Each

license

18

issued

under

this

paragraph

authorizes

the

person

issued

the

19

license

to

harvest

one

wild

turkey.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

Under

current

law,

one

wild

turkey

license

without

fee

24

is

issued

to

each

owner

of

a

farm

unit

or

to

a

member

of

the

25

owner’s

family

and

to

the

tenant

of

the

farm

unit

or

a

member

of

26

the

tenant’s

family

for

use

on

that

farm

unit.

A

special

wild

27

turkey

hunting

license

is

valid

and

may

be

used

during

any

bow

28

or

firearm

turkey

hunting

season.

29

This

bill

allows

a

special

wild

turkey

hunting

license

to

be

30

used

during

any

open

season

using

the

method

of

take

authorized

31

for

use

during

that

season

and

authorizes

the

person

issued

the

32

license

to

harvest

only

one

turkey.

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