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SF 79Died when the session ended · January 22, 2025

Creating a lifetime trapping license for disabled veterans

Sponsored by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)

Topics:Environment & natural resourcesVeterans & military

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa veterans who became disabled while serving on active duty in the military can get a lifetime trapping license. The Department of Natural Resources will set the cost for this license and create an application process. To help make sure applicants qualify, the Department of Veterans Affairs will work with the Department of Natural Resources to verify their service and disability status.1

Read the official explanation

This bill creates a lifetime trapping license for a resident of Iowa who has served in the armed forces of the United States on federal active duty and who was disabled, as defined in the bill, during that veteran’s military service. The bill requires the department of natural resources (DNR) to establish a fee by rule for the lifetime trapping license and prepare an application to be used by a person requesting a lifetime trapping license. The department of veterans affairs shall assist DNR in verifying the status or claims of applicants.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 24, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§483A.24

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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Tried before

SF 79Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 79Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 79 Creating a lifetime trapping license for disabled veterans
    90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
    Cleared committee
  • SF 2235 Creating a lifetime fur harvester license for disabled veterans
    90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2407 · similar
    Cleared committee

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