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House File 716 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to firearms requirements for hunting deer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 455A.5, Code 2019, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 7. For purposes of adopting rules, the
commission shall define and categorize firearms in a manner
fully consistent with the definitions established in 18 U.S.C.
§921 and 27 C.F.R.§478.11.
Sec. 2. Section 481A.48, subsections 5 and 6, Code 2019, are
amended to read as follows:
5. The commission shall establish one or more pistol
or revolver seasons for hunting deer as separate firearm
seasons or to coincide with one or more other firearm deer
hunting seasons. Any pistol or revolver firing a magnum
three hundred fifty-seven thousandths of one inch caliber or
larger, centerfire, straight wall ammunition propelling an
expanding-type bullet with a barrel length of at least four
inches and firing straight wall or other centerfire ammunition
propelling an expanding-type bullet with a maximum diameter of
no less than three hundred fifty thousandths of one inch and
no larger than five hundred thousandths of one inch and with
a published or calculated muzzle energy of five hundred foot
pounds or higher is legal for hunting deer during the pistol or
revolver seasons. The commission shall adopt rules to allow
black powder pistols or revolvers for hunting deer. The rules
shall not allow pistols or revolvers with shoulder stock or
long-barrel modifications. The barrel length of a pistol or
revolver used for deer hunting shall be at least four inches.
The rules may limit types of ammunition projectiles. A person
who is sixteen twenty years of age or less shall not hunt deer
with a pistol or revolver unless that person is accompanied and
under direct supervision throughout the hunt by a responsible
person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one
years of age, with the consent of a parent, guardian, or spouse
who is at least twenty-one years of age, pursuant to section
724.22, subsection 5. The responsible person with a valid
hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age shall
-1-be responsible for the conveyance of the pistol or revolver
while the pistol or revolver is not actively being used for
hunting. A person possessing a prohibited pistol or revolver
while hunting deer commits a scheduled violation under section
805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “h”, subparagraph (5).
6. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
allowing the use of straight wall cartridge rifles to hunt deer
as follows:
a. A straight wall cartridge rifle may be used to hunt deer
during youth and disabled deer hunting season and first and
second shotgun deer hunting seasons by a person who has a valid
deer hunting license and is otherwise qualified to hunt.
b. A straight wall cartridge rifle that is allowed pursuant
to this subsection shall be of the same caliber and use the
same straight wall or other ammunition as is allowed for
use in a pistol or revolver for hunting deer as provided in
subsection 5. In addition, the commission shall provide, by
rule, for the use of straight wall or other ammunition under
this subsection that meets ballistics specifications similar to
the requirements for straight wall or other ammunition allowed
for use in a pistol or revolver for hunting deer as provided in
subsection 5.
c. A person possessing a prohibited rifle while hunting deer
commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection
3, paragraph “h”, subparagraph (6). In addition, the hunting
privileges of a person convicted of possessing a prohibited
rifle while hunting deer shall be suspended for two years.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 716, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2020______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/rn/md
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 455A.5, Code 2019, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 7. For purposes of adopting rules, the
commission shall define and categorize firearms in a manner
fully consistent with the definitions established in 18 U.S.C.
§921 and 27 C.F.R.§478.11.
Sec. 2. Section 481A.48, subsections 5 and 6, Code 2019, are
amended to read as follows:
5. The commission shall establish one or more pistol
or revolver seasons for hunting deer as separate firearm
seasons or to coincide with one or more other firearm deer
hunting seasons. Any pistol or revolver firing a magnum
three hundred fifty-seven thousandths of one inch caliber or
larger, centerfire, straight wall ammunition propelling an
expanding-type bullet with a barrel length of at least four
inches and firing straight wall or other centerfire ammunition
propelling an expanding-type bullet with a maximum diameter of
no less than three hundred fifty thousandths of one inch and
no larger than five hundred thousandths of one inch and with
a published or calculated muzzle energy of five hundred foot
pounds or higher is legal for hunting deer during the pistol or
revolver seasons. The commission shall adopt rules to allow
black powder pistols or revolvers for hunting deer. The rules
shall not allow pistols or revolvers with shoulder stock or
long-barrel modifications. The barrel length of a pistol or
revolver used for deer hunting shall be at least four inches.
The rules may limit types of ammunition projectiles. A person
who is sixteen twenty years of age or less shall not hunt deer
with a pistol or revolver unless that person is accompanied and
under direct supervision throughout the hunt by a responsible
person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one
years of age, with the consent of a parent, guardian, or spouse
who is at least twenty-one years of age, pursuant to section
724.22, subsection 5. The responsible person with a valid
hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age shall
-1-be responsible for the conveyance of the pistol or revolver
while the pistol or revolver is not actively being used for
hunting. A person possessing a prohibited pistol or revolver
while hunting deer commits a scheduled violation under section
805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “h”, subparagraph (5).
6. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
allowing the use of straight wall cartridge rifles to hunt deer
as follows:
a. A straight wall cartridge rifle may be used to hunt deer
during youth and disabled deer hunting season and first and
second shotgun deer hunting seasons by a person who has a valid
deer hunting license and is otherwise qualified to hunt.
b. A straight wall cartridge rifle that is allowed pursuant
to this subsection shall be of the same caliber and use the
same straight wall or other ammunition as is allowed for
use in a pistol or revolver for hunting deer as provided in
subsection 5. In addition, the commission shall provide, by
rule, for the use of straight wall or other ammunition under
this subsection that meets ballistics specifications similar to
the requirements for straight wall or other ammunition allowed
for use in a pistol or revolver for hunting deer as provided in
subsection 5.
c. A person possessing a prohibited rifle while hunting deer
commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection
3, paragraph “h”, subparagraph (6). In addition, the hunting
privileges of a person convicted of possessing a prohibited
rifle while hunting deer shall be suspended for two years.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 716, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2020______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/rn/md