Iowa 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HF 716 — A bill for an act relating to firearms requirements for hunting deer. (Formerly HF 179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Last action — Signed by Governor.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 12, 2019. Enacted.

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Bill Text

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House File 716 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 716 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 179) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 20, 2019) A BILL FOR An Act relating to firearms requirements for hunting deer.
House File 716 - Enrolled House File 716 AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS REQUIREMENTS FOR HUNTING DEER.
HF 716 (3) 88 js/rn/md H.F.
Section 1.
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Any pistol or revolver firing a magnum three hundred fifty-seven thousandths of one inch caliber or larger, centerfire, straight wall ammunition propelling an expanding-type bullet with a barrel length of at least four inches and firing straight wall or other centerfire ammunition propelling an expanding-type bullet with a maximum diameter of no less than three hundred fifty thousandths of one inch and no larger than five hundred thousandths of one inch and with a published or calculated muzzle energy of five hundred foot pounds or higher is legal for hunting deer during the pistol or revolver seasons.
Any pistol or revolver firing a magnum three hundred fifty-seven thousandths of one inch caliber or larger, centerfire, straight wall ammunition propelling an expanding-type bullet with a barrel length of at least four inches and firing straight wall or other centerfire ammunition propelling an expanding-type bullet with a maximum diameter of no less than three hundred fifty thousandths of one inch and no larger than five hundred thousandths of one inch and with a published or calculated muzzle energy of five hundred foot pounds or higher is legal for hunting deer during the pistol or House File 716, p.
2 revolver seasons.
A person who is sixteen twenty years of age or less shall not hunt deer with a pistol or revolverunless that person is accompanied and under direct supervision throughout the hunt by a responsible person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age, with the consent of a parent, guardian, or spouse who is at least twenty-one years of age, pursuant to section 724.22, subsection 5.
A person who is sixteen twenty years of age or less shall not hunt deer with a pistol or revolver unless that person is accompanied and under direct supervision throughout the hunt by a responsible person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age, with the consent of a parent, guardian, or spouse who is at least twenty-one years of age, pursuant to section 724.22, subsection 5 .
The responsible person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age shall HF 716 (3) 88 -1- js/rn/md 1/2 H.F.
The responsible person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age shall be responsible for the conveyance of the pistol or revolver while the pistol or revolver is not actively being used for hunting.
716 be responsible for the conveyance of the pistol or revolver while the pistol or revolver is not actively being used for hunting.
A person possessing a prohibited rifle while hunting deer commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “h”, subparagraph (6).
A person possessing a prohibited rifle while hunting deer commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection House File 716, p.
3 3, paragraph “h”, subparagraph (6).
HF 716 (3) 88 -2- js/rn/md 2/2
______________________________ ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY CHARLES SCHNEIDER Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 716, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.
______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2020 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor.

  2. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.

  3. Message from Senate.

  4. Immediate message.

  5. Passed Senate, yeas 37, nays 13.

  6. Amendment S-5122 filed, lost.

  7. Committee report, recommending passage.

  8. Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  9. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2020 4:30PM RM 315.

  10. Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Celsi, and Shipley.

  11. Explanation of vote.

  12. Explanation of vote.

  13. Read first time, referred to Natural Resources and Environment.

  14. Message from House.

  15. Immediate message.

  16. Passed House, yeas 57, nays 40.

  17. Amendment H-1044 adopted.

  18. Amendment H-1059 lost.

  19. Amendment H-1059 filed.

  20. Amendment H-1044 filed.

  21. Introduced, placed on calendar.

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