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Allowing the use of a leashed dog to track and retrieve a wounded deer and providing a penalty
Sponsored by the House Natural Resources Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2019
- Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2019
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 4, 202095–2
- Done: Senate committeeJune 4, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateJune 10, 202048–1
- Done: To the GovernorJune 16, 2020
- Done: Signed into lawJune 25, 2020
HF 2455 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2455, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2455 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
56A to allow a hunter with a valid hunting license and deer hunting license who wounds a deer while hunting to use a dog to track and retrieve the wounded deer. The bill provides that a dog being used for tracking a wounded deer and a person using a dog for tracking a wounded deer shall both be certified in deer blood tracking. Any person using a dog for tracking a wounded deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all times during the search by means of a maximum 50-foot lead attached to the dog’s collar or harness.
Read the full explanation
The person may dispatch the deer using a legal method of take authorized by the person’s valid deer hunting license. The bill provides that a person must obtain permission from the owner or tenant before using a dog to track a wounded deer on private property, and that the natural resource commission shall adopt rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A to implement the bill’s provisions. A violation of the new provisions is punishable by a scheduled fine of $250.
Changed since by amendment H-8060; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2020. On February 5, 2020 it recommended passage.
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