Bill Text: IA HF716 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to firearms requirements for hunting deer. (Formerly HF 179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-18 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 789. [HF716 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF716-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
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
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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
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
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p.
3
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
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
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
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
