90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 138: Authorizing airbows as a legal method of take during firearm deer hunting seasons
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 it does
This bill provides that an airbow is a legal method of take during any deer hunting season in which any firearm is a legal method of take.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 27, 2023
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Rocky De Witt (R)
- Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 1 for, 3 against
For: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.
Against: Iowa Bowhunters Association; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conservation Alliance
In plain words
- January 25, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Natural Resources and Environment committee
- January 27, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, De Witt and Knox
- January 31, 2023Subcommittee 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 Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF138