Relating to the retrieval of wounded deer by use of a registered unmanned aerial vehicle, and providing penalties

Sponsored by the House Natural Resources Committee

Topics:Environment & natural resources

Same legislation: HF 2180

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2024
Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2024
Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 Hunters with a valid license can use a registered drone to find and retrieve a deer they have wounded. If they are on private land, they must get permission from the property owner before using the drone. To do this legally, the person must register their drone with both the state and the federal government.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill allows a person with a valid hunting license and deer hunting license who wounds a deer while hunting to use a registered unmanned aerial vehicle to track and retrieve the wounded deer. The person may dispatch the deer using a legal method of take authorized by the person’s valid deer hunting license. The bill provides that a person may use a registered unmanned aerial vehicle to track a wounded deer on private property at any time with the consent of the property owner. Persons must register the unmanned aerial vehicle for wounded deer retrieval with the department of natural resources and the federal aviation administration. The natural resource commission (NRC) is directed to create a registration process that complies with the federal aviation administration’s regulations for unmanned aerial vehicles. The bill directs NRC to adopt rules to implement the bill’s provisions. A violation of the bill’s provisions is punishable by a scheduled fine of $250.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§481A.56B

Amends§481A.125A §805.8B

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90th General Assembly

HF 2180Renumbered HF 2365Cleared committeefrom HF 2180

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HF 2112Cleared committee91st GA

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