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

SF 358: Relating to taking certain animals that are deemed a nuisance

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

What it does

This bill relates to the taking of fur-bearing animals without prior permission of the natural resource commission (NRC). Under current law, a person may kill, trap, or ensnare a fur-bearing animal outside of the open season if the killing, trapping, or ensnaring is for the protection of a person or public or private property and with the prior permission of a duly appointed representative of NRC. A person may take a fur-bearing animal without receiving prior permission if prior permission is impractical or impossible to obtain and the fur-bearing animal represents a threat to a person, domestic animal, or private property.

Sponsors

Natural Resources and Environment (companion To Hf 317 By Committee on Natural Resources) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Whitetail Deer Association

Against: Animal Rescue League Iowa, Inc.; Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Coon Hunters Association; Iowa Trappers Association

In plain words

  1. February 22, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. February 22, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. April 17, 2023Withdrawn

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/SF358