Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts, and providing penalties
Sponsored by Rep. Dean Fisher (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2026
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 with a fur harvester license or field trial permit would be allowed to hunt raccoons on public land at any time of the year. If someone is caught breaking raccoon laws, the amount they have to pay the state in fines and reimbursements would be lowered to $15.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to raccoons, including restrictions on taking, reimbursement requirements, and scheduled fine amounts. The bill provides that a hunting license is not required when hunting furbearers with a field trial permit, consistent with other current Code provisions. The bill prohibits the department of natural resources from restricting the time of the year when a person with a valid fur harvester license or field trial permit may hunt raccoons on public land. Under current law, a person convicted of unlawfully selling, taking, catching, killing, injuring, destroying, or having in possession a raccoon must reimburse the state $200. The bill decreases the reimbursement to $15. The bill reduces all scheduled fines relating to the taking, pursuing, killing, injuring, destroying, trapping or ensnaring, buying, selling, possessing, or transporting of raccoons to $15.