Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve
Sponsored by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: SF 2145
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 13, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 2, 202049–0
- Done: House committeeMarch 12, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 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.
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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. A person hunting on a game bird hunting preserve on a date after March pursuant to an extension granted pursuant to the bill shall only hunt for and take roosters. The bill also makes a change to the definition of “game bird” to reflect a recent reorganization of bird classification.
House subcommittee
Named March 9, 2020. On March 10, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Lobbying
1 for · 4 against · 5 undecided · Who →
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- 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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