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Bills › 91st General Assembly

SF 428Died when the session ended · February 25, 2025

Creating a muskellunge fishing fee

Sponsored by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee, Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R)

Topics:Environment & natural resourcesTaxes

Same legislation: SF 298

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Also covers SF 298.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2025
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 25, 2025
  4. Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
  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 People who want to fish for or keep muskellunge will now have to pay a special fishing fee. The money collected from this fee goes directly toward the state's muskellunge program. If someone catches these fish without paying, they must pay the state $1,000 for each fish.1

Read the official explanation

This bill creates a muskellunge fishing fee. The bill requires any person required to have a fishing license to pay a muskellunge fishing fee to fish for or possess muskellunge. The bill directs the proceeds of the fee to be used exclusively by the natural resource commission (commission) for the muskellunge program designated by the commission. The bill provides an exception to the muskellunge fishing fee requirement for the period of a community event where muskellunge are stocked in water that is not designated muskellunge water. For the fee exception to apply, the event must be granted a permit by the commission. In addition to any applicable penalties, a person who unlawfully takes muskellunge shall reimburse the state $1,000 for each muskellunge caught or possessed.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named March 3, 2025. On March 19, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§483A.6C

How the Code works3

Lobbying

0 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →

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91st General Assembly

SF 298RenumberedSF 428Cleared committeefrom SF 298