Senate File 2212 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2212 BY CHAPMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to youth pheasant hunting, and making penalties 1 applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6330XS (2) 88 js/rn

S.F. 2212 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 483A.6C Youth pheasant hunting. 1 1. The commission shall establish a youth pheasant hunting 2 season for residents who are fifteen years of age or younger 3 that shall begin on the Saturday preceding the first day of 4 the regular pheasant season established by the commission by 5 rule and shall end on the Wednesday preceding the first day 6 of the regular pheasant season, all days inclusive. A youth 7 hunter must be accompanied by an adult who is at least eighteen 8 years of age. A youth hunter shall not be required to obtain a 9 hunting license or habitat stamp, however an adult accompanying 10 a youth hunter must have a valid hunting license and habitat 11 stamp if normally required to have such a license or stamp to 12 hunt. A youth hunter shall be authorized to take pheasants, 13 quail, and partridges during the youth pheasant hunting season. 14 Only a youth hunter may take pheasants, quail, and partridges 15 when hunting pursuant to this section. 16 2. The youth pheasant hunting season shall include the 17 following bag and possession limits: 18 a. For pheasant roosters, the daily bag limit is three birds 19 and the possession limit is twelve birds. 20 b. For bobwhite quails, the daily bag limit is eight birds 21 and the possession limit is sixteen birds. 22 c. For gray partridges, the daily bag limit is eight birds 23 and the possession limit is sixteen birds. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill relates to youth pheasant hunting. The bill 28 requires the commission to establish a youth pheasant hunting 29 season for residents who are 15 years of age or younger that 30 shall begin on the Saturday preceding the first day of the 31 regular pheasant season established by the commission by rule 32 and shall end on the Wednesday preceding the first day of 33 the regular pheasant season, all days inclusive. The bill 34 authorizes a youth hunting during the youth pheasant hunting 35 -1- LSB 6330XS (2) 88 js/rn 1/ 2

S.F. 2212 season to take pheasants, quails, and partridges. The bill 1 requires the youth to be accompanied by a licensed adult who 2 is at least 18 years of age and who has a license and habitat 3 stamp, if normally required, but only the youth may take 4 pheasants, quails, and partridges when hunting pursuant to the 5 bill. The bill establishes bag limits for pheasant roosters, 6 bobwhite quails, and gray partridges. 7 A person who violates a provision of the bill commits a 8 scheduled violation punishable by a fine dependent on the 9 violation. 10 -2- LSB 6330XS (2) 88 js/rn 2/ 2