Bill Text: IA SF422 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to allowable deer hunting practices by multiple hunters and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1078.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-25 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 358. [SF422 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF422-Introduced.html
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422
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1078)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
allowable
deer
hunting
practices
by
multiple
1
hunters
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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422
Section
1.
Section
483A.8,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
a.
As
used
in
this
subsection:
3
(1)
“Group
hunting”
means
the
practice
of
more
than
one
4
hunter
hunting
for
deer
on
the
same
parcel
of
land
either
in
5
cooperation
with
each
other
or
individually
and
using
only
a
6
tag
issued
to
the
hunter
who
has
taken
the
deer.
7
(2)
“Party
hunting”
means
the
practice
of
more
than
one
8
hunter
sharing
the
total
number
of
tags
possessed
by
the
9
hunters
and
allowing
any
hunter
to
use
any
tag
on
any
deer
10
taken
by
a
member
of
the
party.
Party
hunting
does
not
include
11
the
practice
of
group
hunting.
12
b.
Group
hunting
is
allowed
for
nonresident
and
resident
13
hunters.
14
c.
Party
hunting
is
allowed
for
resident
hunters
subject
to
15
rules
adopted
by
the
commission.
Nonresident
hunters
shall
not
16
engage
in
party
hunting.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
defines
group
hunting
and
party
hunting.
The
bill
21
allows
group
hunting
for
both
resident
and
nonresident
hunters.
22
Additionally,
the
bill
allows
for
the
practice
of
party
hunting
23
among
persons
with
a
resident
hunting
license,
subject
to
rules
24
adopted
by
the
natural
resource
commission,
but
prohibits
the
25
practice
among
persons
with
nonresident
hunting
licenses.
26
Under
current
rules,
party
hunting
is
allowed
for
residents
27
during
the
first
and
second
regular
gun
seasons
and
the
January
28
antlerless
deer
only
seasons.
29
A
person
who
violates
the
bill
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor
30
punishable
by
a
scheduled
fine
of
$35.
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