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IA HF505

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ray Sorensen

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a new noodling license requirement in Iowa, defining "noodling" as fishing for catfish using bare hands or feet

  • Restricts noodling to daylight hours only and limits harvest to three catfish per license, with each fish measuring at least ten inches in length

  • Prohibits use of special equipment including scuba gear, fins, bait, gloves, and breathing tubes while noodling

  • Directs the Natural Resource Commission to establish rules for license tenure and applicable fees

  • Violations carry scheduled fines of $35 for unlawfully taking a fish and $20 for attempting to unlawfully take a fish

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to noodling licenses.(See HF 832.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 832.

3/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources2/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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