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Recently Introduced Bills:
Arizona H 2654
Intro Date: 02/11/2013
Sponsor: Representative Darin Mitchell
Issue Brief: College Student Hunting/Fishing License
Summary: Relates to full-time students; relates to hunting licenses.
Status: From House Committee on Agriculture and Water on February 19. Do pass.
Connecticut H 5566
Intro Date: 01/23/2013
Sponsor: Representative Fred Camillo
Issue Brief: Modern Restraining Animal Traps
Summary: Concerns leg-hold traps and children's safety; promotes child safety by restricting the placement of leg-hold traps.
Status: Drafted by Committee on February 13. Incorporated into HB-5566 on February 14. To Joint Committee on Children on February 14. Public Hearing Scheduled on February 21.
Connecticut S 915
Intro Date: 02/20/2013
Sponsor: Joint Committee on Environment
Issue Brief: Sunday Hunting
Summary: Authorizes bow and arrow hunting on Sunday under certain circumstances; authorizes Sunday hunting on private property by bow and arrow under certain conditions.
Status: Public Hearing Scheduled on February 25.
Illinois H 1505
Intro Date: 02/07/2013
Sponsor: Representative Dwight Kay
Issue Brief: Public Access to Private Lands
Summary: Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act; changes the definition of land, recreational or conservation purpose, and charge; provides that the Act does not limit any liability which otherwise exists for an injury on the land if the owner requests a nominal fee for purposes of maintaining the land.
Status: Introduced to House Committee on Judiciary on February 19.
Maine H 266
Intro Date: 02/11/2013
Sponsor: Representative Steve Wood
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Allows a person to possess in that person's home a small game animal in excess of the possession limit if the small game animal is marked with the name and address of the person who legally possesses that animal and the date it was taken by that person.
Status: Senate refers to Joint Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in concurrence on February 14.
Massachusetts H 657
Intro Date: 02/18/2013
Sponsor: Representative Ruth Balser
Issue Brief: No-Net-Loss
Summary: Protects from net loss public lands or easements taken or acquired for natural resource.
Status: Introduced on February 18.
Massachusetts H 658
Intro Date: 02/18/2013
Sponsor: Representative Matt Beaton
Issue Brief: Wildlife Violators Compact
Summary: Authorizes the Commonwealth to enter into an interstate compact for the enforcement of certain wildlife protection laws.
Status: Introduced on February 18.
Massachusetts H 663
Intro Date: 02/18/2013
Sponsor: Representative Antonio Cabral
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Establishes the department of marine fisheries and resources.
Status: Introduced on February 18.
Missouri H 436
Intro Date: 02/05/2013
Sponsor: Representative Doug Funderburk
Issue Brief: Guns
Summary: Establishes the Second Amendment Preservation Act which rejects all federal acts which infringe on Missouri citizens' rights under the Second Amendment.
Status: To House Committee on General Rules on February 18.
Montana S 197
Intro Date: 01/24/2013 Sponsor: Senator Scott Boulanger Issue Brief: Apprentice Hunting License Summary: Creates apprentice hunter certificate; relates to fish and wildlife; relates to state revenue.
Status: Amended on Senate floor on February 14. 2nd Reading Passed in Senate on February 14. New Hampshire S 133
Intro Date: 01/03/2013
Sponsor: Senator Jeff Woodburn - Member, New Hampshire Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Wildlife Violators Compact
Summary: Adopts the interstate wildlife violators compact in New Hampshire, joining other member states.
Status: Committee report adopted on Senate floor on
February 14. To Senate Committee on Finance on February 14.
New Hampshire S 56
Intro Date: 01/03/2013
Sponsor: Senator Jeanie Forrester
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Prohibits the practice of baiting for the taking of bear; prohibits feeding bear with foods known to be attractive to bear; allows the executive director of fish and game to issue special permits using baiting.
Status: Failed to pass Senate on February 14.
Pennsylvania H 126 Intro Date: 01/16/2013 Sponsor: Representative David Maloney - Member, Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus Issue Brief: Hunting, Fishing and Nature Appreciation in Schools Summary: Amends Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes; further provides for eligibility for license; authorizes the use of a school facility for conducting a hunter education course to students; provides that all classes shall comply with curriculum standards and program policies; requires the compensation of the school for the actual cost related to the use of the facility; provides that no related costs may be charged to the public. Status: Read second time in House on February 13. Referred to House on Appropriations on February 13.
South Dakota H 1149
Intro Date: 01/23/2013 Sponsor: Representative Spencer Hawley Issue Brief: General Summary: Revises and clarifies requirements relating to limits of small game and fish taken by small game hunting parties and fishing parties. Status: In House of Representatives. Deferred to the 26th Legislative Day on February 19.
Virginia S 1106
Intro Date: 01/09/2013 Sponsor: Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr. - Co-Chair, Virginia Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus Issue Brief: Enforcement Summary: Relates to revocation of fishing licenses; authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to withdraw all privileges to fish in tidal Waters during the period in which any Commission-issued license has been revoked. Status: Passed House on February 8. Eligible for Governor's desk on February 12.
Virginia H 1805
Intro Date: 01/09/2013 Sponsor: Representative Margaret Ransone Issue Brief: Licenses Summary: Relates to lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license; allows Virginia residents 65 years of age and Older to purchase a lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license for $5. Status: Eligible for Governor's desk on February 18.
Virginia H 2254
Intro Date: 01/15/2013 Sponsor: Representative E. Scott Rigell Issue Brief: General Summary: Relates to management of the menhaden fishery; establishes a total allowable landings of 144,272.84 metric tons per year for Atlantic menhaden landed in Virginia by the purse seine menhaden reduction sector, the purse seine menhaden bait sector, and the non-purse seine menhaden bait sector; this legislation authorizes the Commission to establish and administer a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license according to specific criteria. Status: Eligible for Governor's desk on February 18.
Wyoming H 29 Intro Date: 01/08/2013 Sponsor: Joint Interim Committee on Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Issue Brief: Licensing Summary: Relates to game and fish; repeals requirement for hunters to deliver landowner coupons to the department when antelope, deer or elk are killed on federal or state land. Status: Signed by Governor on February 14.
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