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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 208: Relating to hunting deer by persons with bow season licenses

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Pursuant to current rules, the natural resource commission (NRC) may establish an antlerless deer only deer hunting season from January through the second Sunday after that date if there are at least 100 unsold antlerless deer only deer hunting licenses in the county on the third Monday in December preceding the season.8, subsection 9. This bill allows a person who was unsuccessful in taking a deer during a bow season established by NRC by rule while using a bow season deer hunting license to use the license and unfilled tag during the late muzzleloader season or the January antlerless deer hunting season that follows the bow season for which the license and tag were valid.

Sponsors

Natural Resources and Environment committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named March 23, 2023

  • Rep. Brad Sherman (R)
  • Rep. Thomas D. Gerhold (R) · thomas.gerhold@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. J.D. Scholten (D) · j.d.scholten@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 4 against

For: Ravin Crossbows, LLC

Against: Iowa Bowhunters Association; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Izaak Walton League - Iowa Division; Lakeside Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. February 6, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 22, 2023Passed the Senate, 32–18
  4. March 23, 2023Arrived in the House
  5. March 23, 2023House subcommittee named: Sherman, Gerhold and Scholten
  6. March 28, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF208