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Relating to the size requirement of a farm unit for purposes of receiving special turkey and deer hunting licenses
Sponsored by Sen. Tom Shipley (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 555
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 555 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 555 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 change, a farm unit would be defined as any piece of land that is at least one acre in size. This would allow hunters to use these special licenses on smaller plots of land than they could before.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.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 20, 2025. On February 20, 2025 it recommended passage.
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