Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the hunting of black bears, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by the House Natural Resources Committee
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: HF 2133
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 10, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the hunting of black bears. The bill designates black bears as a game animal. The bill prohibits a person from willfully disturbing, pursuing, shooting, killing, taking or attempting to take, or having in possession a black bear outside of an open season established by the natural resource commission. The commission may allow for the hunting of black bears subject to limitations the commission imposes. A violation of the bill is subject to a scheduled fine dependent on the matter of the offense relating to an unlawful take or attempt to take.
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Additionally, a person who is convicted of taking a black bear in violation of the bill shall pay civil damages in the amount of $2,500. A black bear taken in violation of the provisions of the bill is subject to seizure by the director of the department of natural resources.
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Similar bills
- HF 89 Relating to the hunting of black bears, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 175Nearly identical
- HF 22 Relating to the hunting of black bears, and making penalties applicable89th General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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