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IA HF134
Bill
Status
1/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dean Fisher
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AI Summary
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Amends the definition of "livestock" in Iowa Code section 484B.1 to exclude bison and nondomesticated haired sheep when they are being hunted or kept for hunting purposes on a licensed hunting preserve
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Exempts bison and nondomesticated haired sheep on licensed hunting preserves from animal cruelty provisions in section 717.2 that prohibit injuring or destroying livestock in ways causing pain or suffering inconsistent with customary animal husbandry practices
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Redefines "livestock" to include animals of bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species, as well as ostriches, rheas, emus, farm deer, and poultry
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to bison and nondomesticated haired sheep being hunted or kept for hunting purposes when on a hunting preserve.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Fisher, Levin and Sexton. H.J. 171.
1/30/2025