88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SSB 3129: SSB 3129
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
Senate subcommittee · named February 6, 2020
- Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
- Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
- Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
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 6, 2020Filed in the Senate and sent to the Natural Resources and Environment committee
- February 6, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Boulton and Zumbach
- February 13, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
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/SSB3129