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A bill for an act relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members.

A bill for an act relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
KLIMESH
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Bennett, and De Witt. S.J. 194 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members.

A bill for an act relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Bennett, and De Witt. S.J. 194 .

  2. 2025-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 175 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Senate

File

179

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

179

BY

KLIMESH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

special

deer

hunting

licenses

available

to

1

nonresident

family

members.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

483A.8,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

10.

a.

As

used

in

this

subsection:

3

(1)

“Family

member”

means

a

person

who

is

a

parent,

4

stepparent,

child,

stepchild,

sibling,

stepsibling,

5

grandparent,

grandchild,

or

spouse.

6

(2)

“Party

hunting”

means

the

practice

of

more

than

one

7

hunter

sharing

the

total

number

of

tags

possessed

by

the

8

hunters

and

allowing

any

hunter

to

use

any

tag

on

any

deer

9

taken

by

a

member

of

the

party.

10

(3)

“Resident”

means

a

person

who

has

applied

for

and

11

received

deer

hunting

licenses

under

section

483A.24,

12

subsection

2,

paragraph

“c”

.

13

b.

Notwithstanding

subsection

3,

a

nonresident

who

is

a

14

family

member

of

a

resident

may

purchase

a

special

nonresident

15

family

member

deer

hunting

license

for

a

fee

that

is

one-half

16

the

fee

for

a

nonresident

deer

hunting

license

established

by

17

rule

pursuant

to

section

483A.1.

A

nonresident

may

only

use

a

18

nonresident

family

member

deer

hunting

license

while

hunting

19

with

a

resident

who

is

a

family

member

of

the

nonresident

20

on

the

property

for

which

the

resident

received

deer

hunting

21

licenses

under

section

483A.24,

subsection

2,

paragraph

22

“c”

.

A

person

using

a

nonresident

family

member

deer

hunting

23

license

is

entitled

to

the

same

privileges

as

a

person

using

24

a

resident

deer

hunting

license,

including

party

hunting,

and

25

the

nonresident

family

member

deer

hunting

license

shall

not

26

be

subject

to

quotas

or

requirements

imposed

on

nonresidents,

27

except

that

a

person

issued

a

license

under

this

subsection

is

28

required

to

purchase

an

annual

nonresident

hunting

license.

29

EXPLANATION

30

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

31

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

32

This

bill

creates

a

special

deer

hunting

license

available

33

to

certain

nonresident

family

members.

34

In

order

to

hunt

deer

under

current

law,

a

nonresident

who

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does

not

own

land

in

Iowa

may

apply

for

an

antlered

or

any

sex

1

deer

hunting

license

that

is

subject

to

a

specified

zone

and

an

2

annual

quota.

A

nonresident

who

is

unsuccessful

in

acquiring

3

an

antlered

or

any

sex

deer

hunting

license

receives

preference

4

to

purchase

an

antlerless

deer

only

deer

hunting

license.

5

The

bill

allows

a

nonresident

who

is

a

family

member

of

a

6

resident

to

purchase

a

nonresident

family

member

deer

hunting

7

license

for

a

fee

that

is

one-half

the

fee

of

a

nonresident

8

deer

hunting

license

established

by

the

natural

resource

9

commission

by

rule.

A

nonresident

may

only

use

a

nonresident

10

family

member

hunting

license

while

hunting

with

a

resident

11

who

is

a

family

member

of

the

nonresident

on

the

property

for

12

which

the

resident

received

deer

hunting

licenses

under

Code

13

section

483A.24(2)(c).

A

person

using

a

nonresident

family

14

member

deer

hunting

license

is

entitled

to

the

same

privileges

15

as

a

person

using

a

resident

deer

hunting

license,

including

16

party

hunting,

and

the

nonresident

family

member

deer

hunting

17

license

is

not

subject

to

requirements

or

quotas

imposed

on

18

nonresidents.

However,

the

nonresident

family

member

is

19

required

to

purchase

an

annual

nonresident

hunting

license.

20

For

purposes

of

the

bill,

“family

member”

means

a

person

who

is

21

a

parent,

stepparent,

child,

stepchild,

sibling,

stepsibling,

22

grandparent,

grandchild,

or

spouse;

“party

hunting”

means

the

23

practice

of

more

than

one

hunter

sharing

the

total

number

24

of

tags

possessed

by

the

hunters

and

allowing

any

hunter

to

25

use

any

tag

on

any

deer

taken

by

a

member

of

the

party;

and

26

“resident”

means

a

person

who

has

applied

for

and

received

deer

27

hunting

licenses

under

Code

section

483.24(2)(c).

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