Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2472: A BILL FOR An Act relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
An Act relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5775YH (7) sb/js H.F. 2472 Section 1. Section 481A.130, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: e. For each beaver, bobcat, mink, otter, red fox, or gray fox, or raccoon, two hundred dollars. Sec. 2. Section 481A.130, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. k. For each raccoon, fifteen dollars. Sec. 3. Section 483A.5, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 483A.5 Fur harvester license. 1. A fur harvester license is required to hunt and to trap any fur-bearing animal. A hunting license is not required when hunting furbearers with a fur harvester license or field trial permit. However, coyote and groundhog may be hunted with a hunting or a fur harvester license. 2. The department shall not restrict the time of the year when a person with a valid fur harvester license or field trial permit may hunt raccoons on public land. Sec. 4. Section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph f, subparagraph (5), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: (5) (a) For raccoons, the scheduled fine is fifteen dollars. (b) For …
Sponsors
- Dean Fisher (R, 53) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 294 .
Subjects: public property, natural resources department, fines, fur-bearing animals, hunting
Common questions
- What is HF2472?
- HF2472 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties.
- What does HF2472 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties.
- What is the status of HF2472?
- In committee as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 294 . (February 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2472?
- Dean Fisher (R, 53).
- Where is the official record for HF2472?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2472&ga=91
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