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Relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 892
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 892 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 892 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who own or rent farms can currently get special licenses to hunt turkey and deer on their land. Under this new rule, the size of the land needed to qualify as a farm unit would change from two or more acres to just one or more acres. This change would allow more people to get these special hunting licenses for their property.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to size requirements of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses. Under current Code section 483A.24, a “farm unit” is defined to include parcels of land in tracts of two or more contiguous acres. The bill amends the definition of “farm unit” to require the inclusion of parcels of land in tracts of or more contiguous acres. Code section 483A.24 authorizes an owner or tenant of a farm unit to receive special turkey and deer hunting licenses for use on the farm unit.
House subcommittee
Named February 25, 2025. On March 4, 2025 it recommended passage.
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