All Roll Calls
Yes: 114 • No: 16
IowaHF 221591st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers. (Formerly HSB 553.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Looser supervision rules for young hunters
Beginning July 1, 2026, deer hunters ages 18 through 20 no longer need special supervision when using pistols or revolvers. Hunters under 18 still need a responsible, licensed hunter beside them, directly supervising them throughout the hunt. The law removes the supervisor’s minimum age of 21 and the specified parental, guardian, or spousal consent requirements. It also removes the rule requiring supervisors to carry the firearm when it is not actively used. Hunts must still comply with Iowa’s separate youth handgun law.
Temporary conservation officers lose some powers
Beginning July 1, 2026, temporary natural-resources officers lose peace-officer powers under Iowa Code sections 455A.14A and 455A.14B. They keep their powers to enforce the other listed natural-resources laws and trespass laws. The change adds no new household duties.
Commission takes over state preserve decisions
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa’s Natural Resource Commission takes over specified state preserve decisions from the Department of Natural Resources. It approves preserve dedications and handles dedication documents, which can limit development, sale, public access, and use. Governor approval remains required before those documents are recorded with the county. Changing a preserve to another public use requires an unavoidable public need and commission, legislative, and governor approval. Changes to dedication documents need governor approval and cannot undermine the preserve’s purposes. Before either decision, newspaper notice and mailed notice to interested people remain required, with at least 60 days for a hearing.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/9/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 31 • No: 14
House vote • 3/5/2026
Passed House
Yes: 83 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2026HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
4/9/2026HouseMessage from Senate.
3/9/2026HouseImmediate message.
3/9/2026SenatePassed Senate, yeas 31, nays 14.
3/9/2026SenatePoint of order raised on S-5080, ruled not germane.
3/9/2026SenateAmendment S-5080 filed.
3/9/2026SenateSubstituted for SF 2230.
3/9/2026SenateRead first time, attached to SF 2230.
3/9/2026SenateMessage from House.
3/9/2026SenateImmediate message.
3/5/2026HousePassed House, yeas 83, nays 2.
3/5/2026HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
1/29/2026House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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