House Study Bill 673 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BLOOMINGDALE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to residency requirements for fishing and 1 hunting licenses. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5609YC (3) 91 sb/js
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 422.20, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Unless otherwise expressly permitted by section 8G.4 , 3 section 11.41 , section 96.11, subsection 6 , section 421.17, 4 subsections 22, 23, and 26 , section 421.17, subsection 27 , 5 paragraph “k” , section 421.17, subsection 31 , section 252B.9 , 6 section 321.40, subsection 6 , sections 321.120 , 421.19 , 421.28 , 7 421.59 , 421.65 , 422.72 , 452A.63 , section 483A.1A, subsection 8 10, paragraph “g” , and section 556.19, subsection 2 , this 9 section , or another provision of law, a tax return, return 10 information, or investigative or audit information shall not 11 be divulged to any person or entity, other than the taxpayer, 12 the department, or internal revenue service for use in a matter 13 unrelated to tax administration. 14 Sec. 2. Section 422.72, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 15 2026, is amended to read as follows: 16 a. Unless otherwise expressly permitted by section 8G.4 , 17 section 11.41 , section 96.11, subsection 6 , section 421.17, 18 subsections 22, 23, and 26 , section 421.17, subsection 27 , 19 paragraph “k” , section 421.17, subsection 31 , section 252B.9 , 20 section 321.40, subsection 6 , sections 321.120 , 421.19 , 421.28 , 21 421.65 , 422.20 , 452A.63 , section 483A.1A, subsection 10, 22 paragraph “g” , and section 556.19, subsection 2 , this section , 23 or another provision of law, a tax return, return information, 24 or investigative or audit information shall not be divulged to 25 any person or entity, other than the taxpayer, the department, 26 or internal revenue service for use in a matter unrelated to 27 tax administration. 28 Sec. 3. Section 483A.1A, subsection 10, Code 2026, is 29 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 30 NEW PARAGRAPH . g. Is or was required to file a tax 31 return in the state of Iowa for the previous tax year. The 32 department of revenue shall assist the department in verifying 33 this information. The department of revenue shall provide no 34 additional information other than the information necessary to 35 -1- LSB 5609YC (3) 91 sb/js 1/ 2
H.F. _____ confirm the tax status required under this paragraph. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill relates to residency requirements for fishing and 5 hunting licenses. 6 Under current law, for the purposes of obtaining a license as 7 described in Code section 483A.1, a natural person can claim 8 resident status if the person can meet any one of certain 9 criteria. The bill adds to the list of criteria any person 10 who is or was required to file a tax return in Iowa for the 11 previous tax year. The bill directs the department of natural 12 resources (DNR) to coordinate with the department of revenue to 13 verify the person’s information. The bill explains that the 14 department of revenue will not provide any more information to 15 DNR than what is necessary to confirm the required tax status. 16 The bill makes conforming changes in chapters governing 17 the department of revenue to allow the necessary information 18 disclosure. 19 -2- LSB 5609YC (3) 91 sb/js 2/ 2