Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to hunting near schools, and making penalties applicable
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People hunting near schools would face new rules about how close they can get. It would be illegal to use a bow within a certain distance of school property to hunt animals, and using a firearm or other hunting tools would be banned within a half-mile of a school. Anyone who breaks these rules could be fined $35.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to hunting near schools. Current law generally prohibits a person from discharging a firearm or shooting or attempting to shoot game or fur-bearing animals within 200 yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock or within 200 yards of a feedlot. The bill prohibits a person from using a bow within yards of the premises of a school to take or attempt to take a game or fur-bearing animal. Additionally, the bill prohibits a person from using a firearm or other hunting device, other than a bow, within one-half mile of the premises of a school to take or attempt to take a game or fur-bearing animal. A person who violates the bill is subject to a scheduled fine of $35.