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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HF 2132: Requiring the natural resource commission to allow catfish to be taken by bow and arrow and making penalties applicable

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 it does

This bill requires the natural resource commission to allow catfish to be taken by bow and arrow at the times and places determined by the commission by rule. A violation of the bill’s provisions is punishable with a scheduled fine of $50.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 29, 2020

  • Rep. Anne Osmundson (R)
  • Rep. Wes Breckenridge (D)
  • Rep. Jon Thorup (R)

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Natural Resources committee
  2. January 29, 2020House subcommittee named: Osmundson, Breckenridge and Thorup
  3. February 6, 2020Subcommittee recommended against it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2132