Senate File 299 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY BLACK 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 2269SS 83 8 da/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 717F.1, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2009, 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 However, the offspring must not weigh more than twenty=five 1 17 pounds at one year of age. 1 18 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 This bill provides that certain hybrid cats are no longer 1 22 classified as dangerous wild animals regulated under Code 1 23 chapter 717F. A hybrid cat is (1) the offspring of a domestic 1 24 cat and a lion, tiger, cougar, leopard, cheetah, ocelot, 1 25 serval, or other nondomestic cat taxonomically known as a 1 26 member of the family felidae of the order carnivora, or (2) 1 27 each subsequent generation of that offspring. 1 28 The bill would allow a person to possess, breed, or 1 29 transport the hybrid cat so long as the offspring does not 1 30 weigh more than 25 pounds at one year of age, notwithstanding 1 31 Code section 717F.3 which would otherwise apply to prohibit 1 32 such conduct. The bill does not affect provisions in Code 1 33 chapter 717F that prohibit a person from keeping the 1 34 pure=stock parent of a hybrid cat. The bill does not change 1 35 current law which provides that a person may own or possess a 2 1 lion, tiger, cougar, leopard, cheetah, ocelot, or serval, only 2 2 under certain conditions. For example, the person must have 2 3 owned or possessed the parent on July 1, 2007, and comply with 2 4 a number of health and safety restrictions (see Code section 2 5 717F.4), or the person must obtain an appropriate license 2 6 issued by the United States department of agriculture and 2 7 register the parent with the department of agriculture and 2 8 land stewardship (see Code section 717F.7). 2 9 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 10 LSB 2269SS 83 2 11 da/nh/5