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SF 138Died when the session ended · January 31, 2023

Authorizing airbows as a legal method of take during firearm deer hunting seasons

Topics:Environment & natural resources

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2023
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 People hunting for deer would be allowed to use an airbow during any season when using a regular firearm is legal. This change expands the types of equipment hunters can use to hunt deer.1

Read the official explanation

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.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 27, 2023. On January 31, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 31, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§483A.8

How the Code works3

Lobbying

1 for · 3 against · 5 undecided · Who →