Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to allowable deer hunting practices by multiple hunters and making penalties applicable
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: SF 422
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 422
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 422 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 422 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary New rules would define the difference between group hunting and party hunting for people in Iowa. While both residents and nonresidents can participate in group hunting, only residents are allowed to participate in party hunting. Anyone who breaks these rules could face a fine.1
Read the official explanation
This bill defines group hunting and party hunting. The bill allows group hunting for both resident and nonresident hunters. Additionally, the bill allows for the practice of party hunting among persons with a resident hunting license, subject to rules adopted by the natural resource commission, but prohibits the practice among persons with nonresident hunting licenses. Under current rules, party hunting is allowed for residents during the first and second regular gun seasons and the January antlerless deer only seasons. A person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of $35.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 4, 2025. On February 5, 2025 it recommended passage.
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