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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SJR 7: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the state have a right to hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

What it does

harvesting wildlife. The proposed amendment further states that hunting, fishing, trapping, and harvesting wildlife shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife and that the proposed amendment shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to eminent domain, trespass, property rights, or water resources. The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (92nd) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 14, 2026

  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 13 for, 4 against

For: Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation; Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; Iowa Bowhunters Association; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Coon Hunters Association; Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Iowa Sportsmans Club; Iowa Trappers Association; Izaak Walton League - Iowa Division; National Rifle Association of America; Pheasants Forever, Inc. & Quail Forever; and 1 more

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done; Humane World for Animals; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault

In plain words

  1. February 17, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Natural Resources and Environment committee · as SSB 1132
  2. February 17, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Trone Garriott and Zumbach · as SSB 1132
  3. February 19, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as SSB 1132
  4. February 24, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SJR 7 · as SSB 1132
  5. February 25, 2025Filed in the Senate
  6. February 25, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  7. June 16, 2025Sent to the Senate Natural Resources and Environment committee
  8. January 14, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Dotzler and Shipley

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/91/SJR7