Bill Text: IA SF208 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to hunting deer by persons with bow season licenses.(Formerly SF 175.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-28 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1. [SF208 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF208-Introduced.html
Senate
File
208
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
208
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
175)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
hunting
deer
by
persons
with
bow
season
1
licenses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.F.
208
Section
1.
Section
483A.8,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
A
person
who
is
issued
a
bow
season
3
deer
hunting
license
and
who
is
unsuccessful
in
taking
a
deer
4
under
such
license
and
tag
during
a
bow
season
established
by
5
the
commission
by
rule
may
use
the
bow
season
deer
hunting
6
license
and
tag
during
the
late
muzzleloader
season
or
the
7
January
antlerless
deer
hunting
season
established
by
the
8
commission
by
rule
that
follows
the
bow
season
for
which
the
9
license
and
tag
were
valid.
A
person
hunting
with
a
bow
10
season
deer
hunting
license
and
unfilled
tag
pursuant
to
this
11
subsection
may
use
a
crossbow
during
the
January
antlerless
12
deer
hunting
season.
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
Pursuant
to
current
rules,
the
natural
resource
commission
17
(NRC)
may
establish
an
antlerless
deer
only
deer
hunting
season
18
from
January
11
through
the
second
Sunday
after
that
date
19
if
there
are
at
least
100
unsold
antlerless
deer
only
deer
20
hunting
licenses
in
the
county
on
the
third
Monday
in
December
21
preceding
the
season.
This
season
is
in
addition
to
the
22
January
antlerless
deer
only
hunting
season
established
in
Code
23
section
483A.8,
subsection
9.
24
This
bill
allows
a
person
who
was
unsuccessful
in
taking
25
a
deer
during
a
bow
season
established
by
NRC
by
rule
while
26
using
a
bow
season
deer
hunting
license
to
use
the
license
and
27
unfilled
tag
during
the
late
muzzleloader
season
or
the
January
28
antlerless
deer
hunting
season
that
follows
the
bow
season
29
for
which
the
license
and
tag
were
valid.
A
person
hunting
30
pursuant
to
the
bill
is
authorized
to
hunt
using
a
crossbow
31
during
the
January
antlerless
deer
hunting
season.
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