SF247 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses.(See SF 555 .)

Agriculture

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: SHIPLEY
Last action: 2025-03-06
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 555 . S.J. 439 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses.(See SF 555 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses.(See SF 555 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 555 . S.J. 439 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee reassigned: Shipley, Zimmer, and Zumbach. S.J. 326 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/20/2025 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Shipley, Staed, and Zumbach. S.J. 244 .
2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 217 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses.(See SF 555 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

247

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

247

BY

SHIPLEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

size

requirement

of

a

farm

unit

for

1

purposes

of

receiving

special

turkey

and

deer

hunting

2

licenses.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

247

Section

1.

Section

483A.24,

subsection

2,

paragraph

a,

1

subparagraph

(2),

subparagraph

division

(a),

Code

2025,

is

2

amended

to

read

as

follows:

3

(a)

Are

in

tracts

of

two

forty

or

more

contiguous

acres.

4

EXPLANATION

5

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

6

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

7

This

bill

relates

to

size

requirements

of

a

farm

unit

for

8

purposes

of

receiving

special

turkey

and

deer

hunting

licenses.

9

Under

current

Code

section

483A.24,

a

“farm

unit”

is

defined

10

to

include

parcels

of

land

in

tracts

of

two

or

more

contiguous

11

acres.

The

bill

amends

the

definition

of

“farm

unit”

to

12

require

the

inclusion

of

parcels

of

land

in

tracts

of

40

or

13

more

contiguous

acres.

Code

section

483A.24

authorizes

an

14

owner

or

tenant

of

a

farm

unit

to

receive

special

turkey

and

15

deer

hunting

licenses

for

use

on

the

farm

unit.

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