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Relating to taking certain animals that are deemed a nuisance
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 7, 202387–11
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 30, 2023
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 17, 202348–2
- Done: To the GovernorApril 28, 2023
- Done: Signed into lawApril 28, 2023
Became HF 317 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 317 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
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.
Read the full explanation
Under the bill, an owner or tenant of agricultural property or an associated residence, or an agent of the owner or tenant, may take, capture, kill, or temporarily possess, for the purpose of destroying or disposing of, a coyote, raccoon, opossum, skunk, or groundhog without receiving prior permission if the owner, tenant, or agent deems the animal to be a nuisance.87 shall be disposed of onsite or shall be relinquished to a representative of the commission.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
House subcommittee
Named January 25, 2023. On February 2, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§481A.87
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Lobbying
3 for · 6 against · 7 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2057 Relating to taking fur-bearing animals without prior permission of the natural resource co…89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2369 · similarCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.