88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HSB 217: HSB 217
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 prohibits a person from using an unmanned vehicle, as defined in the bill, to disturb, pursue, fish, or hunt or assist in the disturbing, pursuing, fishing, or hunting of a wild animal. The bill does not prohibit a person from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to track a downed deer over land H.F. _____ open to the public for hunting, property on which the person has received permission from the owner or tenant to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle, or property owned or leased by the person. A person who violates the bill is subject to a civil penalty established by the department of natural resources by rule that shall not exceed $10,000 for each violation.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named February 27, 2019
- Rep. David Sieck (R) · david.sieck@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Anne Osmundson (R)
- Rep. Scott D. Ourth (D)
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Bowhunters Association; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; The Humane Society of the United States
In plain words
- February 27, 2019House subcommittee named: Sieck, Osmundson and Ourth
- March 6, 2019Approved by the House committee
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/HSB217