88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HSB 668: HSB 668
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 relates to nonresident deer hunting on land owned or formerly owned by a nonresident. The bill creates a definition for “nonresident landowner”, which is a nonresident who owns acres of land in this state with a low suitability for commodity agriculture production, as determined by the department of natural resources, has owned that land for at least five years, has not used an exemption from property taxes for forest and fruit tree reservations for any property the nonresident owns, and has not enrolled the land in the federal conservation reserve program.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named February 11, 2020
- Rep. Terry C. Baxter (R)
- Rep. Jeff Shipley (R) · jeff.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Scott D. Ourth (D)
Lobbying · 1 for, 4 against
For: Jim Jensen
Against: Iowa Bowhunters Association; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Pheasants Forever, Inc. & Quail Forever
In plain words
- February 11, 2020House subcommittee named: Baxter, Shipley and Ourth
- February 19, 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/HSB668