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Bills › 88th General Assembly

HF 189Died when the session ended · January 31, 2019

Requiring search warrants for certain activities under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission

Topics:Public safety & emergencies

Same legislation: SF 45

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Also covers SF 45.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2020
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides that when the director of the department of natural resources or the director’s officers or any peace officer seizes wildlife possessed or taken illegally, or seizes property used to violate a provision of the natural resources laws relating to wildlife, the director or officer must conduct that seizure pursuant to a search warrant. Currently, such seizure may be accomplished without obtaining a search warrant. The bill also provides that a peace officer shall not enter onto private property, without the permission of the owner or occupant of the property, for the purposes of investigating a violation of or enforcing the wildlife laws arising under Code chapter 481A or any other law under the authority of the natural resource commission without first making an application to the district court of the county where the property is located for the issuance of a search warrant to search that property.

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However, a peace officer may enter onto private property without permission or a search warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that illegal activity is occurring on that property based on the officer’s own first-hand observations that are made from a location at which the officer is legally authorized to be.

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House subcommittee

Named February 5, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§481A.35A

Amends§481A.12§483A.32

How the Code works2

Lobbying

2 for · 5 against · 9 undecided · Who →

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