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SF428 • 2026

A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee.(Formerly SF 298 .)

A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee.(Formerly SF 298 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Last action
2025-03-19
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee.(Formerly SF 298 .)

A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee.(Formerly SF 298 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee.(Formerly SF 298 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/19/2025 12:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  3. 2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Sweeney, Green, and Quirmbach. S.J. 393 .

  4. 2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature

    Referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 361 .

  5. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 360 .

  6. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 352 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act creating a muskellunge fishing fee.(Formerly SF 298 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

428

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

428

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

NATURAL

RESOURCES

AND

ENVIRONMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

298)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

creating

a

muskellunge

fishing

fee.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

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428

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

483A.6C

Muskellunge

fishing

fee.

1

Any

person

required

to

have

a

fishing

license

shall

not

fish

2

for

or

possess

muskellunge

unless

that

person

has

paid

the

3

muskellunge

fishing

fee.

The

proceeds

from

the

fee

shall

be

4

used

exclusively

for

the

muskellunge

program

designated

by

the

5

commission.

The

commission

may

grant

a

permit

to

a

community

6

event

in

which

muskellunge

will

be

stocked

in

water

that

is

not

7

designated

muskellunge

water

and

a

person

may

catch

and

possess

8

muskellunge

during

the

period

and

from

the

water

covered

by

the

9

permit

without

having

paid

the

muskellunge

fishing

fee.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

creates

a

muskellunge

fishing

fee.

The

bill

14

requires

any

person

required

to

have

a

fishing

license

to

pay

15

a

muskellunge

fishing

fee

to

fish

for

or

possess

muskellunge.

16

The

bill

directs

the

proceeds

of

the

fee

to

be

used

exclusively

17

by

the

natural

resource

commission

(commission)

for

the

18

muskellunge

program

designated

by

the

commission.

19

The

bill

provides

an

exception

to

the

muskellunge

fishing

20

fee

requirement

for

the

period

of

a

community

event

where

21

muskellunge

are

stocked

in

water

that

is

not

designated

22

muskellunge

water.

For

the

fee

exception

to

apply,

the

event

23

must

be

granted

a

permit

by

the

commission.

24

In

addition

to

any

applicable

penalties,

a

person

who

25

unlawfully

takes

muskellunge

shall

reimburse

the

state

$1,000

26

for

each

muskellunge

caught

or

possessed.

27

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