Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Registered on 126 bills since the 88th General Assembly.
26
supported · 8 became law (31%)11
opposed · 4 became law anyway (36%)89
undecided3
lobbyistsHow legislators voted on its bills
2024 session · 3 contested bills it took a side on. Republicans voted its way 67% of the time · Democrats voted its way 39% of the time.
House
The bills
- HSB 647 HSB 647Against House 74–22
- HSB 647 HSB 647Against Senate 44–5
- SF 2071 Relating to bingo games, including the price to play and the value of merchandise prizesFor House 83–14
- SSB 3202 SSB 3202For House 57–35
Each legislator’s last floor vote on a bill is compared with the side the organization registered on it (its latest declaration; undecided doesn’t count). Only contested votes count, where at least a tenth of the chamber voted the other way, since most bills pass nearly unanimously. A vote on an amended bill may not be the version that was lobbied. Legislators with fewer than 3 such votes aren’t listed.
What it paid lobbyists
- July 2025 – June 2026$75,000Marc Beltrame $75,000 · David Peck · filed July 21, 2026
- July 2024 – June 2025$76,500Marc Beltrame $76,500 · David Peck · filed July 28, 2025
- July 2023 – June 2024$75,000Marc Beltrame $75,000 · David Peck · filed July 31, 2024
- July 2022 – June 2023$50,000Marc Beltrame $50,000 · filed July 18, 2023
- July 2021 – June 2022$36,000Marc Beltrame $36,000 · filed July 27, 2022
- July 2020 – June 2021$50,000Marc Beltrame $50,000 · filed July 19, 2021
- July 2019 – June 2020$75,000Marc Beltrame $75,000 · filed July 2, 2020
- July 2018 – June 2019$53,983BrownWinick Law Firm $3,983 · Marc Beltrame · Matt McKinney · Beltrame Law Firm, PLC $50,000 · Marc Beltrame · filed July 29, 2019
From client reports filed with the Legislature each July. Every organization →
Bills, newest first
- HF 2506 Relating to prizes awarded by licensed qualified organizationsFor91st GA · declared February 16, 2026 · Signed by Governor
- SF 2318 Relating to nonresident deer hunting licensesUndecided91st GA · declared February 12, 2026 · Signed by Governor
- SF 2230 Relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, stat…Undecided91st GA · declared February 6, 2026 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 3120 Relating to hunter education requirementsUndecided91st GA · declared February 5, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 673 Relating to residency requirements for fishing and hunting licensesUndecided91st GA · declared February 5, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2657
- HSB 657 Requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a…Undecided91st GA · declared February 4, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2530
- SSB 3101 Relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, stat…Undecided91st GA · declared February 4, 2026 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2178 Relating to eligibility requirements for lifetime hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licensesUndecided91st GA · declared February 4, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 645 Relating to the conduct of calendar raffles by a licensed qualified organizationFor91st GA · declared January 29, 2026 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2113 Relating to the conduct of calendar raffles by a licensed qualified organizationFor91st GA · declared January 27, 2026 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2020 Relating to hunter education requirementsUndecided91st GA · declared January 20, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2335
- SF 424 Relating to the allocation of special nonresident deer hunting licensesUndecided91st GA · declared January 14, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1238 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinv…Undecided91st GA · declared May 5, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HF 473 Relating to operation of all-terrain vehicles or off-road utility vehicles on public hunting areasAgainst91st GA · declared March 11, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- SF 597 Relating to the rights and obligations of certain state and local government entities in erecting, r…Undecided91st GA · declared March 11, 2025 · Renumbered as SF 616
- HF 714 Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resourcesAgainst91st GA · declared March 3, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1198 Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resourcesAgainst91st GA · declared March 3, 2025 · Renumbered as SF 553
- SF 432 Relating to the rights and obligations of certain state and local government entities in erecting, r…Undecided91st GA · declared February 25, 2025 · Renumbered as SF 597
- HSB 254 Relating to open season exceptions for taking geeseAgainst91st GA · declared February 25, 2025 · Renumbered as HF 866
- SF 429 Providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce …For91st GA · declared February 25, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- SJR 7 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For91st GA · declared February 25, 2025 · Did not pass
- HF 469 Relating to state services and benefits provided to veterans, including state grants, public assista…Undecided91st GA · declared February 20, 2025 · Renumbered as HF 912
- HF 536 Relating to firearm, hunting, and wildlife instruction provided to students enrolled in grades six t…Undecided91st GA · declared February 20, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- SF 331 Relating to the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tagUndecided91st GA · declared February 18, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 1132 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…Undecided91st GA · declared February 18, 2025 · Renumbered as SJR 7
- HF 387 Relating to fur harvesting privileges of disabled veteransUndecided91st GA · declared February 13, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HF 388 Relating to the allocation of nonresident deer hunting licensesUndecided91st GA · declared February 13, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- HF 378 Relating to deer depredationUndecided91st GA · declared February 13, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- HJR 7 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For91st GA · declared February 13, 2025 · Did not pass
- SF 281 Prohibiting hunting near public recreation areas, and making penalties applicableAgainst91st GA · declared February 13, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- SF 148 Relating to special landowner turkey hunting licensesUndecided91st GA · declared January 29, 2025 · Signed by Governor
- SF 108 Relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraftUndecided91st GA · declared January 23, 2025 · Renumbered as SF 548
- HJR 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For91st GA · declared January 15, 2025 · Did not pass
- HF 21 Relating to fishing privileges of disabled veterans, and making penalties applicableUndecided91st GA · declared January 14, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HF 22 Relating to the allocation of nonresident deer hunting licenses and including effective date provisi…Undecided91st GA · declared January 14, 2025 · Renumbered as HF 388
- SF 10 Relating to special landowner turkey hunting licensesUndecided91st GA · declared January 14, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- SF 7 Relating to fishing privileges of disabled veterans, and making penalties applicableUndecided91st GA · declared January 14, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 3202 SSB 3202For90th GA · declared April 8, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 3196 SSB 3196Undecided90th GA · declared April 1, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2257 Relating to meat and poultry inspection, by providing an exception for certain establishments engage…Undecided90th GA · declared February 27, 2024 · Signed by Governor
- HF 2485 Relating to regulation of watercraft and equipment on public lakes by common interest communities an…Undecided90th GA · declared February 20, 2024 · Signed by Governor
- SF 2324 Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resourcesUndecided90th GA · declared February 14, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2441 Relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, and making appropriationsFor90th GA · declared February 13, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2429 Relating to vessel registration exemptions, including paddlecraft and water use permit decals, provi…Undecided90th GA · declared February 13, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2292 Relating to regulation of vessels and equipment on public lakes by common interest communities and c…Against90th GA · declared February 12, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2374 Relating to privately owned lakesUndecided90th GA · declared February 9, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 674 HSB 674Undecided90th GA · declared February 7, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2614
- SF 2235 Creating a lifetime fur harvester license for disabled veteransUndecided90th GA · declared February 7, 2024 · Renumbered as SF 2407
- HSB 647 HSB 647Against90th GA · declared February 7, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 3153 SSB 3153Against90th GA · declared February 7, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 636 HSB 636Undecided90th GA · declared January 31, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2481
- SSB 3129 SSB 3129Undecided90th GA · declared January 30, 2024 · Renumbered as SF 2324
- HJR 2001 Designating the Iowa darter as the official state fish for the State of IowaFor90th GA · declared January 24, 2024 · Did not pass
- HSB 602 HSB 602For90th GA · declared January 24, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2104 Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resourcesUndecided90th GA · declared January 24, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3103 SSB 3103Undecided90th GA · declared January 24, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2086 Relating to the taking of nuisance animals on property outside of city limitsAgainst90th GA · declared January 22, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2015 Relating to special landowner deer hunting licensesUndecided90th GA · declared January 22, 2024 · Signed by Governor
- SF 2043 Relating to special landowner deer hunting licensesUndecided90th GA · declared January 22, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2071 Relating to bingo games, including the price to play and the value of merchandise prizesFor90th GA · declared January 18, 2024 · Signed by Governor
- SF 2056 Relating to family members hunting on a farm unitUndecided90th GA · declared January 18, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- SJR 12 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For90th GA · declared January 17, 2024 · Did not pass
- SF 516 Relating to the management of open space properties and recreational trailsUndecided90th GA · declared March 16, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- HF 448 Designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purposeFor90th GA · declared February 24, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1123 SSB 1123Undecided90th GA · declared February 24, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- SF 363 Relating to special deer hunting licenses available to nonresident family membersUndecided90th GA · declared February 22, 2023 · Renumbered as SF 553
- HF 376 Relating to water quality by increasing the sales and use tax rates and conditioning the use of mone…Undecided90th GA · declared February 22, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1125 SSB 1125For90th GA · declared February 21, 2023 · Renumbered as SF 550
- HF 353 Relating to levee and drainage districts by establishing certain definitions and establishing an exe…Undecided90th GA · declared February 21, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SF 311 Providing for programs and regulations administered and enforced by the department of agriculture an…Undecided90th GA · declared February 16, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- HF 322 Relating to free deer hunting licenses issued to owners and tenants of farm unitsUndecided90th GA · declared February 16, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- HF 277 Providing for programs and regulations administered and enforced by the department of agriculture an…Undecided90th GA · declared February 14, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- HF 282 Relating to the management of soil and water resources, by providing for certain practices and proje…For90th GA · declared February 14, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SJR 8 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For90th GA · declared February 14, 2023 · Did not pass
- HJR 6 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For90th GA · declared February 13, 2023 · Did not pass
- HJR 2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For90th GA · declared February 12, 2023 · Did not pass
- SSB 1115 SSB 1115Undecided90th GA · declared February 9, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 120 HSB 120Undecided90th GA · declared February 2, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- SF 106 Relating to lifetime trout fishing licenses for disabled veteransUndecided90th GA · declared January 31, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SF 145 Relating to a rifle season for hunting turkeysUndecided90th GA · declared January 30, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- HF 103 Relating to the issuance of natural resource use permits, and making penalties applicableUndecided90th GA · declared January 25, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- HF 69 Relating to the management of soil and water resources, by providing for certain practices and proje…Undecided90th GA · declared January 23, 2023 · Renumbered as HF 282
- SSB 1052 SSB 1052For90th GA · declared January 20, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SF 79 Creating a lifetime trapping license for disabled veteransUndecided90th GA · declared January 13, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SF 22 Relating to lifetime hunting and fishing licenses available for certain disabled veteransUndecided90th GA · declared January 11, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2413 Relating to the registration requirements for certain vessels, requiring water use permits, making a…Undecided89th GA · declared February 16, 2022 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3137 SSB 3137Undecided89th GA · declared February 14, 2022 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2215 Relating to legislative and congressional redistricting concerning the duties of the temporary redis…Undecided89th GA · declared February 14, 2022 · Renumbered as HF 2538
- HF 2103 Relating to private land available for public use for recreational purposesUndecided89th GA · declared January 26, 2022 · Renumbered as HF 2415
- SSB 1275 SSB 1275Undecided89th GA · declared April 27, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- HF 747 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and making penalties applic…Undecided89th GA · declared March 9, 2021 · Signed by Governor
- HF 806 Relating to the allocation of nonresident deer hunting licenses, and making penalties applicableUndecided89th GA · declared March 9, 2021 · Died when the session ended
- SF 458 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and making penalties applic…Undecided89th GA · declared February 25, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 1218 SSB 1218For89th GA · declared February 24, 2021 · Renumbered as SJR 16
- HJR 8 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the sta…For89th GA · declared February 17, 2021 · Did not pass
- HSB 216 HSB 216Undecided89th GA · declared February 16, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- SF 369 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and making penalties applic…Undecided89th GA · declared February 16, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- HF 78 Relating to the use of recording devices on private property by state entities and including effecti…Undecided89th GA · declared January 19, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- HF 60 Relating to the allocation of nonresident deer hunting licenses, and making penalties applicableUndecided89th GA · declared January 19, 2021 · Renumbered as HF 806
- HSB 49 HSB 49Undecided89th GA · declared January 13, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2607 Classifying mourning doves as migratory game birds, and making penalties applicableUndecided88th GA · declared March 9, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2269 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserveUndecided88th GA · declared March 2, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2271 Relating to the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag and the methods of take authorize…For88th GA · declared February 18, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2369 Establishing a lifetime trout fishing license for certain older IowansAgainst88th GA · declared February 13, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2212 Relating to youth pheasant hunting, and making penalties applicableUndecided88th GA · declared February 11, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2141 Relating to the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag and the methods of take authorize…For88th GA · declared February 10, 2020 · Renumbered as SF 2271
- SF 2145 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserveUndecided88th GA · declared February 5, 2020 · Renumbered as SF 2269
- HF 2240 Relating to the management of the spread of diseases in animals, and including effective date provis…Undecided88th GA · declared February 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- HF 217 Establishing a lifetime trout fishing license for certain older IowansUndecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2020 · Withdrawn
- HSB 564 HSB 564Undecided88th GA · declared January 28, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SF 198 Relating to landowner wild turkey and deer hunting tagsUndecided88th GA · declared January 28, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3070 SSB 3070Undecided88th GA · declared January 24, 2020 · Renumbered as SF 2201
- SF 280 Relating to the residency of members of the armed forces stationed at specified military installatio…For88th GA · declared January 23, 2020 · Signed by Governor
- SF 610 Relating to youth deer and youth wild turkey hunting licenses, and providing effective date and appl…Undecided88th GA · declared January 21, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3030 SSB 3030Undecided88th GA · declared January 16, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2014 Relating to the allocation of nonresident deer hunting licenses, and making penalties applicableUndecided88th GA · declared January 16, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- HF 765 Relating to and making appropriations to state departments and agencies from the rebuild Iowa infras…Against88th GA · declared April 17, 2019 · Signed by Governor
- HF 599 Relating to hunting by persons under the age of sixteenUndecided88th GA · declared April 1, 2019 · Signed by Governor
- SSB 1248 SSB 1248Undecided88th GA · declared April 1, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- HF 189 Requiring search warrants for certain activities under the jurisdiction of the natural resource comm…Undecided88th GA · declared February 4, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- SF 45 Requiring search warrants for certain activities under the jurisdiction of the natural resource comm…Undecided88th GA · declared February 4, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- HF 164 Relating to licenses for apprentice huntersFor88th GA · declared February 4, 2019 · Became law (new number)
- SF 46 Relating to fishing on a private lake or pondUndecided88th GA · declared January 22, 2019 · Renumbered as SF 203
- SF 47 Relating to youth deer and youth wild turkey hunting licensesUndecided88th GA · declared January 22, 2019 · Renumbered as SF 202
- SF 50 Relating to landowner wild turkey and deer hunting tagsUndecided88th GA · declared January 22, 2019 · Renumbered as SF 198
- SSB 1019 SSB 1019Undecided88th GA · declared January 22, 2019 · Died when the session ended