Introduced:
03/02/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Terry Rice
Issue Brief:
Feral Hogs
Summary:
Protects private property owners and lessees who capture a feral hog on private property.
Status:
Passed Senate (30-1). To house on March 8
Introduced:
01/12/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Avery Bourne
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that all crossbows used to hunt in this State must have a minimum peak draw weight of 125 pounds and a maximum draw weight of at least 300 pounds.
Status:
In House Committee on Agriculture and Conservation: To Subcommittee on Negotiations on March 14
Introduced:
02/01/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that any person may use a crossbow to take any animal during the appropriate archery season.
Status:
In House Committee on Agriculture and Conservation to Subcommittee on Negotiations on March 14
Introduced:
02/07/2017
Sponsor: Representative Brandon Phelps, President, National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses Executive Council
Issue Brief:
Firearm Suppressors
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; removes the prohibition on the use of a silencer or other device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting from the firing of any gun; amends the Criminal Code of 2012; provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use or attach any device or attachment of any kind for silencing the report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or possession with the intent.
Status:
In House Committee on Judiciary - Criminal: To Subcommittee on Firearms and Firearms Safety on March 15
Introduced:
02/08/2017
Sponsor:
Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that except as provided in the Code, it is unlawful to have in his or her possession the green hides of fur bearing mammals without a valid hunting or trapping license; provides that the annual fee for each resident fur buyer's permit shall be a specified amount; provides that all fur Buyers and non-resident auction participants shall maintain records of the receipt, collection, purchase, and sale of green hides of fur-bearing mammals; provides that a record of each.
Status:
From House Committee on Rules: Referred to House Agriculture and Conservation Committee Amendment No. 1. On March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General, Guns (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides in various provisions an exemption to carry a firearm on Department of Natural Resources property in accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
Status:
In House Committee on Judiciary - Criminal to Subcommittee on Firearms and Firearm Safety on March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Costello, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that any person may use a crossbow to take wildlife during the appropriate archery season; repeals crossbow provisions limiting the use of crossbows to specified conditions, together with a related definition.
Status:
In House. Floor Amendment No. 2 filed. Referred to Rules on March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Avery Bourne
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; defines hunting license as an electronic or physical license authorizing the person to take a certain type of animal during a specified period of time.
Status:
In House. Read third time. Passed House, to Senate on March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Sheri Jesiel
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code; provides that all trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish may not be taken by commercial fishing devices, including gill or pound nets; provides that any incidental catch of trout, including lake trout, salmon, and lake whitefish taken in legal sized gill or pound nets must be returned immediately to the water; provides that the methods of
taking are subject to modification by administrative rule based upon lake-wide scientific assessment data.
Status:
In House. Read third time. Passed House, to Senate on March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Sheri Jesiel
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code; provides that the Department of Natural Resources may issue a maximum of 5 commercial fishing licenses for taking from the Waters of Lake Michigan yellow perch, bloater chub, and other commercial fish species designated by Department rule; provides that, at times determined by the Director, the Department shall advertise a public drawing to accept new qualified commercial fishing candidates and establish a ranking order for these new candidates.
Status:
In House. Read third time. Passed House, to Senate on March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Dan Beiser
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General), Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code; provides that residents of this State may obtain a 5-year fishing license; provides that the fee for a 5-year fishing license is a specified amount; provides that for residents age 65 or older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a 5-year fishing license.
Status:
From House Committee on Rules: Referred to House Agriculture and Conservation Committee on March 13
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Joe Sosnowski
Issue Brief:
Crossbows
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that any person may use a crossbow to take coyotes during any coyote season.
Status:
In House. Read third time. Passed House. To Senate on March 16
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor: Representative Scott Bennett
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentive, General
Summary:
Creates the Natural Areas Stewardship Act; creates the Land Conservation and Stewardship Grant Program to make grants to conservation land trusts to steward lands identified in the Natural Area Inventory, lands designated as a buffer area, lands designated as a nature preserve, or lands registered as an Land and Water Reserve; establishes the duties of the Department of Natural Resources in carrying out the provisions of the Act.
Status:
In House. Committee Amendment No. 2 filed. Referred to Rules on March 16
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Brad Halbrook
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that a person may place or scatter deer bait otherwise prohibited when not in active deer hunting season; provides that person who unlawfully baits deer is guilty of a Petty offense subject to a mandatory fine of not less than a specified amount and shall lose hunting privileges in this State for a period of not less than a year.
Status:
From House Committee on Rules: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and
Conservation Committee Amendment No. 1 on March 15
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor: Representative Brandon Phelps, Co-Chair, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Guns (General)
Summary:
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012; provides that a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card may transport in a vehicle an accessible rifle, shotgun, or other long gun without the weapon being broken down in a non-functioning state or without the weapon being enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container if the firearm is unloaded.
Status:
In House Committee on Judiciary - Criminal. To Subcommittee on Firearms and Firearm Safety on March 15
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Deborah Conroy
Issue Brief:
Standard Capacity Magazines, Modern Sporting Rifle
Summary:
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012; makes it unlawful to deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be delivered, sold, or purchased or cause to be possessed by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge; makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, except possession of weapons registered with the State Police.
Status:
In House Committee on Judiciary - Criminal. To Subcommittee on Firearms and Firearm Safety on March 15
Introduced:
02/09/2017
Sponsor: Senator Neil Anderson, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General, Licenses (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that except as provided in the Code, it is unlawful to have in his or her possession the green hides of fur bearing mammals without a valid hunting or trapping license; provides that the annual fee for each resident fur buyer's permit shall be a specified sum; provides that all fur buyers and non-resident auction participants shall maintain records of the receipt, collection, purchase, and sale of green hides of fur-bearing mammals.
Status:
In Senate. Placed on Calendar Order Second Reading on March 16
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Don Harmon
Issue Brief:
Wolf in Sheeps Clothing/ Animal Rights Groups
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to trap bobcat in this State at any time; provides that no person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or purchase a bobcat pelt of a bobcat taken in this State; makes conforming changes.
Status:
In Senate. Placed on Calendar Order Second Reading on March 16
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Don Harmon
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that prior to the opening of a new hunting season for an animal that was listed on the endangered or threatened species list in the past 15 years, the Department of Natural Resources shall develop a management plan including: an overall goal for the continued growth of the animal's population and return of a stable population in all prime habitat areas throughout the State for that animal; an analysis demonstrating the impact of hunting in different regions of the State.
Status:
In Senate. Placed on Calendar Order Second Reading on March 16
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Don Harmon
Issue Brief:
Lead Ammunition and Fishing Tackle Bans
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that it shall be unlawful to use lead ammunition to take wildlife in State parks or natural areas; defines lead ammunition as a projectile containing one or more percent lead by weight; makes conforming changes
.
Status:
In Senate. Placed on Calendar Order Second Reading on March 16
Introduced:
02/10/2017
Sponsor: Senator Chapin Rose, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code; provides that a person may supplementally feed deer with items otherwise prohibited by the Code when not in active deer hunting season which shall be implemented by the Department of Natural Resources by rule.
Status:
In Senate Committee on Agriculture: Postponed in Committee on March 16
Introduced:
01/05/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Woody Burton
Issue Brief:
Ammunition Restrictions (non-lead), General
Summary:
Relates to plastic coated ammunition; defines armor piercing ammunition, and prohibits certain persons from possessing, manufacturing, selling, or delivering armor piercing ammunition; repeals a superseded provision concerning armor piercing handgun ammunition.
Status:
Passed Senate, to House for concurrence on March 14
Introduced:
01/17/2017
Sponsor: Representative Sean Eberhart, Co-Chair, Indiana Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Licenses (General), Angling Access, Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation
Summary:
Relates to natural resources; adds certain structures that are eligible for institutional road fund money on department of natural resources properties; provides that certain fees concerning fish and wildlife, entomology and plants, water resources, lakes and reservoirs, dams, flood control, mineral extraction, channels, and well drillers and pump installers are considered to be minimum fees. Allows the natural resources commission to set certain license and permit fees above the specific minimum fee.
Status:
Reassigned to Senate Committee on Appropriations on March 13
Introduced:
02/07/2017
Sponsor:
House Human Resources Committee
Issue Brief:
White-tailed Deer Management - Hunting as a Preferred Management Tool
Summary:
Relates to tagging requirements for deer carcasses; includes penalties.
Status:
From Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment: Do pass on March 9
Introduced:
02/28/2017
Sponsor:
House Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief:
White-tailed Deer Management - Hunting as a preferred Management Tool
Summary:
Relates to the use of a straight wall cartridge to hunt deer, includes penalties.
Status:
In Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment: Subcommittee Assignments: Rozenboom, Chair, Greene, Kinney
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
House Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief:
American System of Conservation Funding
Summary:
Increases certain fees and reallocates certain revenues related to hunting, fishing, and fur harvesting; includes effective date provisions.
Status:
To House Committee on Ways and Means on March 9
Introduced:
01/20/2017
Sponsor:
Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Kansas pet animal act.
Status:
House Hearing: Thursday March 16 3:30 PM Room 582-N
Introduced:
03/08/17
Sponsor:
Representative Tommy Brann
Issue Brief:
Substandard Kennels
Summary: Enhances penalties for crimes against animals and makes other revisions.
Status:
To House Committee on Law and Justice on March 8
Introduced:
03/08/17
Sponsor: Senator Dave Hildenbrand, Member, Michigan Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Right to Hunt, Fish, and Harvest Wildlife
Summary:
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution, recognizing the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism on March 8
Introduced:
02/22/17
Sponsor: Representative Tony Cornish, Member, Minnesota Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Enforcement
Summary:
Relates to natural resources; modifies enforcement and penalty provisions; provides criminal penalties.
Status:
In House. Second reading on March 8
Introduced:
03/7/17
Sponsor:
Representative Paul Anderson
Issue Brief:
Budget Bills
Summary:
Relates to natural resources; appropriates money for outdoor experiences for disabled veterans.
Status:
To House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance on March 7
Introduced:
03/08/17
Sponsor:
Representative Peter Fischer
Issue Brief:
Modern Restraining Animal Traps
Summary:
Relates to game and fish; modifies requirements for certain traps; requires certain permission for traps and snares set; requires reporting; requires license forfeiture for certain violations; provides criminal penalties.
Status:
To House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance on March 8
Introduced:
03/09/17
Sponsor:
Representative Bud Nornes
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to game and fish; allows two lines for angling to take fish with second-line endorsement.
Status:
To House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance on March 9
Introduced:
03/13/17
Sponsor:
Representative Alice Hausman
Issue Brief:
Budget Bill
Summary:
Relates to capital investment; authorizes spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; modifies previous appropriations; establishes new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriates money.
Status:
To House Committee on Capital Investment on March 13
Introduced:
03/14/17
Sponsor:
Representative Dale Lueck
Issue Brief:
Invasive Species
Summary:
Appropriates money for Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.
Status:
To House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance on March 14
Introduced:
01/19/17
Sponsor:
Senator David Senjem
Issue Brief:
Budget Bills
Summary:
Relates to capital investment; authorizes spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Status:
In Senate. Second Reading on March 8
Introduced:
02/02/17
Sponsor:
Senator Torrey Westrom
Issue Brief:
Budget Bills
Summary:
Relates to natural resources; appropriates money from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifies requirements for receipt of fund money.
Status:
Rereferred to Senate Committee on Finance on March 8
Introduced:
02/23/17
Sponsor:
Senator Justin Eichorn
Issue Brief:
Enforcement
Summary:
Modifies enforcement and penalty provisions; provides criminal penalties.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy on March 14
Introduced:
03/02/17
Sponsor:
Senator Carrie Ruud
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Modifies off-highway motorcycle education and training program; modifies provisions of Minnesota Naturalist Corps; modifies invasive species provisions; modifies requirements for designating forest trails; modifies state water trail provisions; modifies water safety requirements; modifies grant, contract, and lease provisions; modifies provisions to take, possess, and transport wildlife; modifies commissioner's duties and authority; requires rulemaking.
Status:
Second reading in Senate on March 14
Introduced:
03/07/17
Sponsor:
Senator Justin Eichorn
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to game and fish; prohibits first aid or CPR training requirements for bear-hunting guides.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance on March 8
Introduced:
03/09/17
Sponsor:
Senator Carolyn Laine
Issue Brief:
Budget Bill
Summary:
Appropriates money for aquatic invasive species work.
Status:
Rereferred to Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/17
Sponsor:
Senator Carolyn Laine
Issue Brief:
Budget Bill
Summary:
Appropriates money for aquatic invasive species grants.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/17
Sponsor: Senator Bill Ingebrigsten, Member, Minnesota Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to game and fish; allows two lines for angling to take fish with second-line endorsement.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance on March 9
Introduced:
03/10/17
Sponsor:
Senator Carrie Ruud
Issue Brief:
Invasive Species
Summary:
Appropriates money for Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance on March 13
Introduced:
03/10/17
Sponsor:
Senator Carrie Ruud
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Modifies blaze orange hunting requirements to allow blaze pink.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance on March 13
Introduced:
01/17/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Michael Groene
Issue Brief:
General, Guns (General)
Summary:
Amends the Wildlife Code: provides in various provisions an exemption to carry a firearm on Department of Natural Resources property in accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
Status:
To House Committee on Judiciary - Criminal on February 22
Introduced:
01/18/17
Sponsor:
Senator Larry Robinson
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Relates to agent fees for distribution of hunting and fishing licenses; includes licenses to agents outside the state; regulates license fees and certificate fees.
Status:
Signed by Governor on March 13
Introduced:
01/2317
Sponsor:
Senator Shawn Vedaa
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to identification of fishhouses and coyote snares.
Status:
Committee amendment adopted on House floor on March 14
Introduced:
01/23/17
Sponsor: Senator Kelly Armstrong, Co-Chair, North Dakota Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to the opening date of pheasant season.
Status:
Signed by Governor on March 14
Introduced:
02/01/17
Sponsor:
Representative Taffy Howard
Issue Brief:
Substandard Kennels
Summary:
Revises certain provisions regarding the regulation of commercial breeding operations; removes the requirement for a licensed veterinarian to be in attendance during an investigation of a commercial breeding operation.
Status:
Signed by Governor on March 13
Introduced:
01/26/17
Sponsor:
Representative Ryan Maher
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Revises provisions regarding the amount licensing agents may collect on the sale of certain licenses for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks; includes a snowmobile permit.
Status:
Signed by Governor on March 13
Introduced:
03/06/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Lance Gooden
Issue Brief:
High Fence
Summary:
Relates to creating an offense for the administration of illegal drugs to breeder deer.
Status
: Introduced on March 6
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Craig Goldman
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Relates to a fishing license fee waiver for certain residents.
Status
: Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to the testing of breeder deer for chronic wasting disease
Status
: Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to breeder deer affected by chronic wasting disease.
Status
: Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Management Authority over Captive Cervids
Summary:
Relates to the ownership of certain deer in this state.
Status
: Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Kyle Biedermann
Issue Brief:
Chronic Wasting Disease
Summary:
Relates to the payment for breeder deer taken for disease management.
Status
: Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Dennis Bonnen
Issue Brief:
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Management
Summary:
Encourages Congress to pass legislation allowing the state to manage the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery out to 200 nautical Miles.
Status
: Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/08/2017
Sponsor: Senator Craig Estes, Member, Texas Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Range Protection
Summary:
Relates to the liability of a sport shooting range.
Status:
Introduced on March 8
Introduced:
03/08/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Kirk Watson
Issue Brief:
Feral Hogs
Summary:
Relates to the study and approval of lethal pesticides for feral hog control.
Status:
Introduced on March 8
Introduced:
03/09/2017
Sponsor: Senator Craig Estes, Member, Texas Legislative Sportsmen's Cuacus
Issue Brief:
High Fence
Summary:
Relates to the identification of breeder deer by use of microchip implants.
Status:
Introduced on March 9
Introduced:
03/10/17
Sponsor:
Senator Eddie Lucio
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Relates to the expiration date of hunting and fishing licenses.
Status:
Introduced on March 10
Introduced:
03/10/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Eddie Lucio
Issue Brief:
General License
Summary:
Relates to a pilot program to reduce the cost of hunting and fishing licenses for nonresidents.
Status:
Introduced on March 10
Introduced:
01/20/17
Sponsor:
Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rule
Issue Brief:
Catch Shares
Summary:
Relates to a minimum limit on the amount of chubs that may be commercially harvested from the waters of Lake Michigan.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy on March 7
Introduced:
02/15/17
Sponsor: Senator Kathleen Vinehout, Member, Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military, Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Relates to an exemption for resident disabled veterans and for recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
Status:
Public hearing held on March 9.
Introduced:
02/21/17
Sponsor: Senator Terry Moulton, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military, Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary:
Relates to rules that prohibit feeding deer in certain counties.
Status:
Public hearing held on March 9
Introduced:
03/07/17
Sponsor:
Senator Terry Moulton, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to regulation of aquaculture and fish farms; provides an exemption from emergency rule procedures; grants rule-making authority.
Status:
Public hearing held on March 9