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

SF 2326: Requiring the department of natural resources to conduct a study related to pelican predation

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 requires the department of natural resources (department) to conduct a one-year study investigating pelican predation on fish and other aquatic life in Iowa’s inland waterways, the Mississippi river, and on private farm ponds. The department shall appoint three members of the public to assist and guide the study. The department shall consult with the United States army corps of engineers, the United States fish and wildlife service, and local, state, and federal elected representatives over the span of the study. The department shall submit a report of the study’s findings and make recommendations to the general assembly by December 1, 2025.

Sponsors

Natural Resources and Environment committee

Cost

Cost: up to $125,000

The DNR estimates the cost of completing this study to be $125,000, which will be funded from the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 14, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 14, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 21, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/SF2326