Senate File 2017 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY RIELLY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to hybrid cats, by providing that a person may 2 possess, breed, and transport the offspring of a domestic cat 3 and a cat classified as a dangerous wild animal or a 4 subsequent generation originating from that offspring, and 5 providing an effective date. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 5648XS 82 8 da/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 717F.1, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 1 2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. "Dangerous wild animal" includes an animal which is the 1 4 offspring of an animal provided in paragraph "a", and another 1 5 animal provided in that paragraph or any other animal. It 1 6 also includes animals which are the offspring of each 1 7 subsequent generation. However, a dangerous wild animal does 1 8 not include a hybrid which is any of the following: 1 9 (1) The offspring of a domestic dog and a wolf, or the 1 10 offspring from each subsequent generation in which at least 1 11 one parent is a domestic dog. 1 12 (2) The offspring of a domestic cat and a member of the 1 13 family felidae of the order carnivora, or the offspring from 1 14 each subsequent generation regardless of whether a parent is a 1 15 domestic cat or another member of the family felidae. 1 16 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill provides that a hybrid cat is no longer 1 20 classified as a dangerous wild animal regulated under Code 1 21 chapter 717F. A hybrid cat is (1) the offspring of a domestic 1 22 cat and a lion, tiger, cougar, leopard, cheetah, ocelot, 1 23 serval, or other nondomestic cat taxonomically known as a 1 24 member of the family felidae of the order carnivora, or (2) 1 25 each subsequent generation of that offspring. 1 26 The bill would allow a person to possess, breed, or 1 27 transport the hybrid cat notwithstanding Code section 717F.3 1 28 which would otherwise apply to prohibit such conduct. The 1 29 bill does not affect provisions in Code chapter 717F that 1 30 prohibit a person from keeping the pure=stock parent of a 1 31 hybrid cat. The bill does not change current law which 1 32 provides that a person may own or possess a lion, tiger, 1 33 cougar, leopard, cheetah, ocelot, or serval, only under 1 34 certain conditions. For example, the person must have owned 1 35 or possessed the parent on July 1, 2007, and comply with a 2 1 number of health and safety restrictions (see Code section 2 2 717F.4), or the person must obtain an appropriate license 2 3 issued by the United States department of agriculture and 2 4 register the parent with the department of agriculture and 2 5 land stewardship (see Code section 717F.7). 2 6 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 7 LSB 5648XS 82 2 8 da/nh/5