House File 2209 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2209 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2044) A BILL FOR An Act relating to residents under sixteen years of age 1 accompanying an adult who is hunting or trapping. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5749HV (1) 89 js/rn

H.F. 2209 Section 1. Section 483A.24, subsection 9, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 9. A resident of the state under sixteen years of age 3 is not required to have a hunting or fur harvester license 4 to accompany the minor’s parent or guardian, or any other 5 competent adult with the consent of the minor’s parent or 6 guardian, while the parent or guardian or other adult is 7 hunting raccoons or trapping any game or fur-bearing animal so 8 long as the minor is not hunting or trapping and does not carry 9 or use a firearm or any other weapon. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill allows a resident under 16 years of age to 14 accompany the minor’s parent or guardian, or any other 15 competent adult with the consent of the minor’s parent or 16 guardian, without a hunting or fur harvester license while the 17 parent, guardian, or other adult is hunting or trapping any 18 game or fur-bearing animal as long as the minor is not hunting 19 or trapping and does not carry or use a firearm or any other 20 weapon. Under current law, a resident under 16 years of age 21 may accompany the parent, guardian, or other adult without a 22 fur harvester license while the parent, guardian, or other 23 adult is hunting raccoons. 24 -1- LSB 5749HV (1) 89 js/rn 1/ 1