Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: SF 2269
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 13, 2020
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2269
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
AI summary People who run hunting preserves could apply to extend their hunting season past March if there was extra rain or snow during the winter. The Department of Natural Resources would use official weather data to decide if the request is allowed, but the season cannot be extended past April. This change also updates the definition of game birds to match new classifications.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve. Under current law, a person shall not take a game bird on a hunting preserve except during the established hunting preserve season, which begins on September and ends on March 31. The bill allows a game bird hunting preserve operator to apply for a variance to extend the season beyond March if the monthly precipitation is above average for the county in which the preserve is located for at least two months out of the months of January, February, and March of that season. The bill requires the state climatologist to provide official national weather service and community collaborative rain, hail and snow network data to the department of natural resources to determine whether a variance to the established season shall be granted. The bill prohibits the department from granting a variance that extends the season beyond April of the year for which the variance is requested. The bill also makes a change to the definition of “game bird” to reflect a recent reorganization of bird classification.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 5, 2020. On February 10, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Lobbying
1 for · 4 against · 5 undecided · Who →
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Similar bills
- SF 613 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and providing for…88th General Assembly · Approved by committeeVery similar
- HSB 216 HSB 21689th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 747Very similar
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