Bills › 89th General Assembly
HSB 216
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 24, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 747
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 747 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 747 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Hunting preserve operators can ask for permission to extend their hunting season past March if certain months have more rain or snow than usual. If this extension is granted, people can only hunt for chukars, quail, or rooster pheasants through the end of April. The state climatologist will provide the weather data needed to decide if these extensions are allowed.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve. _____ 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. 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 chukars, quail, or rooster pheasants. The bill also makes a change to the definition of “game bird” to reflect a recent reorganization of bird classification. A person who violates the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.
House subcommittee
Named February 16, 2021. On February 22, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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Lobbying
1 for · 1 against · 6 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- SF 2269 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve88th General Assembly · Passed Senate · very similarPassed a chamber
- SF 613 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and providing for…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · similarCleared committee
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