HF 2369: Relating to taking fur-bearing animals without prior permission of the natural resource commission

What it does

This bill relates to the taking of fur-bearing animals without prior permission of the natural resource commission (NRC). Under current law, a person may kill, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing animal outside of the open season if the killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the protection of a person or public or private property and with the prior permission of a duly appointed representative of NRC. A person may take a fur-bearing animal without receiving prior permission if prior permission is impractical or impossible to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a person, domestic animal, or private property.

Senate subcommittee · named March 15, 2022

• Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
• Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 3 against

For: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Izaak Walton League - Iowa Division

Against: Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Trappers Association; The Humane Society of the United States

In plain words

1. February 10, 2022Filed in the House
2. March 10, 2022Passed the House, 63–28
3. March 10, 2022Arrived in the Senate
4. March 15, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Boulton and Sweeney
5. March 16, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. March 16, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
7. March 30, 2022Passed the Senate, 47–0