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FLOOR ACTION:
SF 280 – Residency for armed forces for hunting, fishing and trapping privileges
SF 280 allows active-duty members of the armed services stationed and domiciled at the Rock Island Arsenal to qualify as Iowa residents for hunting, fishing and trapping privileges. Their spouses and dependents also qualify. This change would mirror legislation enacted last session that allowed these service members to qualify as Iowa residents to register their dependent children in Iowa school districts.
Currently, the active-duty service member must be stationed at the military installation and be domiciled in Iowa to qualify as a resident. The current law also allows active-duty military service members who are stationed in Iowa or have claimed residency and filed a state individual income tax return in Iowa in the previous year to receive resident hunting, fishing and trapping privileges.
The Senate adopted a House amendment to update the dates and Code references in the bill since it was originally passed by the Senate in 2019.
[6/5: 50-0)]
COMMITTEE ACTION:
HF 2410 – Crossbow deer tags for seniors
HF 2410 would lower the eligible age for special senior statewide antlerless-only crossbow deer hunting license from 70 to 65.
[6/4: Short Form (Absent: Hogg)]
HF 2455 – Tracking wounded deer using a dog
HF 2455 would allow a licensed deer hunter to use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer. The dog must remain under physical control of the hunter with a maximum leash length of 50 feet. The dog must be trained in deer-blood tracking.
The use of dogs while hunting deer is currently prohibited because the state does not allow the use of dogs to chase or harass deer.
[6/4: 11-1 (No: Celsi; Absent: Hogg)]