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

Sponsored by the House Natural Resources Committee

Topics:Environment & natural resources

Same legislation: HF 2057

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2022
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 20, 2022
Done: House committeeFebruary 9, 2022
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 202263–28
Done: Senate committeeMarch 16, 2022
Done: Passes the SenateMarch 30, 202247–0
Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary People would be allowed to kill or trap coyotes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, or groundhogs to control them as nuisances without needing permission first. Anyone who takes these animals under this rule must either get rid of them on the spot or give them to a representative from the natural resource commission.¹

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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. Under the bill, a person may take a coyote, raccoon, opossum, skunk, or groundhog without receiving prior permission if the taking is for nuisance-control purposes.87 shall be disposed of onsite or shall be relinquished to a representative of the commission.

Changed since by amendment S-5093; see Amendments.

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Named March 15, 2022. On March 16, 2022 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§481A.87

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