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SF 423 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to deer hunting, including deer depredation and the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag.

This bill modifies regulations for youth deer hunting licenses and tags in Iowa, directly impacting youth hunters and the Department of Natural Resources. It requires the department to make youth deer hunting licenses available for purchase throughout all established deer hunting seasons, aligning with the availability of general deer hunting licenses. Furthermore, the bill allows a youth deer hunter to use their purchased license and tag during the season it was issued or carry it over to any subsequent established deer hunting season. The hunter must use the method of take authorized for the specific season they are hunting, and the license becomes invalid once the tag is filled.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Signed May 6, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Enrolled → Enrolled with Governor's Action · 1 edit · May 6, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a line-by-line format to a standard paragraph format, with no substantive policy changes to the hunting regulations. The core provisions regarding depredation permits, youth hunting license availability, and usage rules remain identical.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; only formatting and presentation of the same legislative text.
TECHNICAL

Text was converted from a vertical line-by-line format to standard paragraph format with proper spacing and alignment.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2025 · House Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 24, 2025
D Democratic16
15 Yea 1
93% Yea
R Republican35
35 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
1
Amendments
3
May 6, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 2.
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred with S-3113.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Introduced
Message from House, with amendment S-3113.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 86, nays 6.
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment H-1214 adopted.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Amendment H-1214 filed.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0.
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.