Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members
Sponsored by Sen. Mike Klimesh (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill creates a special deer hunting license available to certain nonresident family members. In order to hunt deer under current law, a nonresident who does not own land in Iowa may apply for an antlered or any sex deer hunting license that is subject to a specified zone and an annual quota. A nonresident who is unsuccessful in acquiring an antlered or any sex deer hunting license receives preference to purchase an antlerless deer only deer hunting license. The bill allows a nonresident who is a family member of a resident to purchase a nonresident family member deer hunting license for a fee that is one-half the fee of a nonresident deer hunting license established by the natural resource commission by rule.
Read the full explanation
24(2)(c). A person using a nonresident family member deer hunting license is entitled to the same privileges as a person using a resident deer hunting license, including party hunting, and the nonresident family member deer hunting license is not subject to requirements or quotas imposed on nonresidents. However, the nonresident family member is required to purchase an annual nonresident hunting license.24(2)(c).
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 4, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§483A.8
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
1 for · 1 against · 1 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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91st General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- SF 277 Relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 363 · same titleCleared committee
- SF 363 Relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 553 · same titleCleared committee
- SF 553 Relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · very similarCleared committee
- SF 2054 Relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family members88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.