Bill Text: IA HF195 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the taking of black bears, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 176. [HF195 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF195-Introduced.html
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BY
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
taking
of
black
bears,
and
making
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penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
481A.1,
subsection
20,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
20.
“Fur-bearing
animals”
means
the
following
,
which
3
are
declared
to
be
fur-bearing
animals
for
the
purpose
of
4
regulation
and
protection
under
the
Code:
black
bear,
beaver,
5
badger,
mink,
otter,
muskrat,
raccoon,
skunk,
opossum,
spotted
6
skunk
or
civet
cat,
weasel,
coyote,
bobcat,
wolf,
groundhog,
7
red
fox,
and
gray
fox.
This
chapter
does
not
apply
to
8
domesticated
fur-bearing
animals.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
481A.130,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
10
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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a.
For
each
black
bear,
elk,
antelope,
buffalo,
or
moose,
12
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
taking
of
black
bears.
The
bill
17
designates
black
bears
as
a
fur-bearing
animal.
The
natural
18
resource
commission
may
allow
for
the
hunting
or
trapping
of
19
black
bears
upon
the
acquisition
of
a
fur-harvester
license
and
20
subject
to
limitations
the
commission
imposes
by
rule.
21
A
person
who
unlawfully
takes
a
black
bear
is
subject
22
to
a
scheduled
fine
dependent
on
the
matter
of
the
offense
23
relating
to
an
unlawful
take
or
attempt
to
take.
Additionally,
24
a
person
who
is
convicted
of
unlawfully
taking
a
black
bear
25
shall
pay
civil
damages
in
the
amount
of
$2,500.
A
black
bear
26
taken
unlawfully
is
subject
to
seizure
by
the
director
of
the
27
department
of
natural
resources.
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