Iowa 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HF 798 — A bill for an act prohibiting the discharge of a firearm from within or on a motor vehicle while in pursuit of game, and providing penalties.

Last action — Subcommittee: Zumbach, Cournoyer, and Trone Garriott.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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15 line(s) added, 20 removed.

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House File 798 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 798 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 94) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the discharge of a firearm from within or on a motor vehicle on a public highway, and providing penalties.
House File 798 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 798 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 94) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 25, 2021) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the discharge of a firearm from within or on a motor vehicle while in pursuit of game, and providing penalties.
TLSB 2030HV (3) 89 js/rh H.F.
HF 798 (4) 89 js/rh/md H.F.
A person shall not discharge a firearm from within or on a motor vehicle on a public highway.
A person shall not discharge a firearm from within or on a motor vehicle while in pursuit of game.
EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This subsection does not prohibit a person who uses a stationary motor-driven land conveyance intended to accommodate that person’s physical disability from hunting from the conveyance, as provided by rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter or chapter 483A.
This bill prohibits the discharge of a firearm from within or on a motor vehicle on a public highway.
HF 798 (4) 89 -1- js/rh/md 1/1
A violation of the bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of $30.
In addition, a person who violates the bill is subject to existing civil damages in Code chapter 481A relating to unlawfully taking an animal.
An animal taken by a person while the person is violating the bill is subject to seizure by the director of the department of natural resources or a peace officer.
LSB 2030HV (3) 89 -1- js/rh 1/1
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Action History

  1. Subcommittee: Zumbach, Cournoyer, and Trone Garriott.

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

  3. Message from House.

  4. Immediate message.

  5. Passed House, yeas 93, nays 2.

  6. Amendment H-1269 filed, adopted.

  7. Introduced, placed on calendar.

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This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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