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No NRLO bills have been passed but plenty of other legislation, pick the topic, starts out small and ends up big. Gambling in Iowa is a great example. From lottery and scratchers to sports book, it took a few years, but it happened.

As we have all seen in the past with all sorts of other legislation all of the "conditions" for an NRLO to qualify for yearly tags will become negotiable. This year it's 80. Next year, who knows? If this passes it won't be a 10 year wait, it will be a 0 year wait with 10 acres or even less.

This bill had a fiscal statement today, easy math, an increase of 1500 NR tags would add $954,000.00 to the FWTF. Link to the statement: <Not for sale> I'd like to see a long-term impact statement on what this would do to the FWTF and the residents of Iowa who hunt. Link to the original...

I saw the cancellation this afternoon and I have become so cynical that I assumed the meeting was cancelled due to its early (0745) start time. Let's hope it is indeed D-E-A-D!

This bill had some action today, there was a fiscal statement filed. The statement made some "assumptions". The first line says they cannot foretell how many more NR tags will be sold, but a few lines later they take a stab at it and estimate this bill, if passed, will cause an increase of 2.6%...

I just got a call from the President of the Iowa Conservation Alliance. For those of you who haven't ever heard of the ICA it is a group of Associations whose goals are similar in the conservation of fish and wildlife. I can't remember all of the members off the top of my head but there are a...

The House and Senate bill are identical, the Senate passed their bill today.

Subcommittee meeting 2/24 7:45 AM

Passed Senate today 49-0, introduced in the House and referred to the House Natural Resource Committee.

New bill number is SF 2344, the amendments dropped the 0 points draw for 750 tags, reworded how the draw works, I think it still means the same just worded differently, to me, it is still the NR with the most points gets drawn first and an NR that kills a doe with the doe license in certain...

I thought this was a dead issue. The version I was following was dead. HSB627 was introduced on 1/28 and a sub meeting was cancelled on 2/1. I didn't see any further action on the bill. What I missed, was the introduction of HSB 700 on 2/10, its sub on 2/14 and the full committee on 2/14 passing...

Today is the end of the 6th week of the legislative session. As such it is the last day a bill remains viable only if it has been through a committee in the corresponding chamber, in other words House bills need to be passed through a House Committee and a Senate bill needed to be passed through...

This bill did indeed pass the full committee but has yet to be published with the new bill number and as amended. I can't find anyway. So I went back and watched the zoom meeting. Two things in the amendment, the first thing is it drops the 750 without preference points and the second was it...

Passed full committee and has been placed on the debate calendar. Renumbered as SF 2312

Subcommittee meeting was scheduled and then cancelled. EDIT: Ravin has registered as for. Two of the members of the sub are also on the Natural Resources and Environment Committee. I don't recall if they have been on any other subs concerning crossbow legislation but I'm sure they are familiar...

Passed the full committee 11-9 with 1 absent. The committee is 12 Republicans and 9 Democrats so it appears it was along party lines. The measure is now eligible to be placed on the debate calendar.

Here is the bill from last year in its final Senate form after several amendments: Link: <Deep population control> It is now in the House Ways and Means Committee and has been appointed a subcommittee. Representative Charlie McConkey Charlie.McConkey@legis.iowa.gov Representative Carter...

Full committee meeting set for 2/16 at 2pm. I'll post a link to zoom it when they post it.

Full committee meeting 2/16 at 2pm. On the agenda it lists SF 2142 with an amendment. No idea what the amendment is. I'll post a link to watch it live when they make it available.

This bill is coming from the Committee on Education. Copy and paste of the bill's explanation: This bill requires the department of education to convene a working group to study the feasibility of integrating crossbow instruction into the physical education curriculum and extracurricular...