HSB 602 (LSB 5861YC (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON JENEARY)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to trapping by persons under the age of sixteen.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.24, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  A person under sixteen years of age is not required to have a hunting license to hunt game or a fur harvester license to trap fur-bearing animals if accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian or in company with any other competent adult with the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian, if the person accompanying the minor possesses a valid hunting license while hunting game or fur harvester license while trapping fur-bearing animals; however, there must be one licensed adult accompanying each person under sixteen years of age. The minor must have a deer hunting license to hunt deer and a wild turkey hunting license to hunt wild turkey appropriate for the minor’s residency status. This subsection is not restricted by the provisions of section 483A.31.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This Act relates to trapping fur-bearing animals by persons under 16 years of age.
   Under current law, a person under 16 years old is not required to have a license to hunt game if the minor is accompanied by the minor’s parent, guardian, or other competent adult with consent from the minor’s parent or guardian and the person accompanying the minor has a valid hunting license. The bill allows a person under 16 years of age to also trap fur-bearing animals without a license while accompanied by the minor’s parent, guardian, or other competent adult with consent from the minor’s parent or guardian and the person accompanying the minor has a valid fur harvester license. There must be one licensed adult accompanying each person under the age of 16 trapping pursuant to the bill.