Maine H 38
Intro Date: 01/16/2013Sponsor: Representative Paul Davis
Issue Briefs: General Summary: Requires that a hook used for fishing must be made of a material that degrades or decomposesStatus: In Senate. Placed in Legislative File (DEAD) on March 7. Maryland S 619 Intro Date: 02/01/2013
Sponsor: John Astle, Co-Chair, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, Past President of the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses Executive CouncilIssue Briefs: General
Summary: Relates to the Wildlife Management and Sustainability Act of 2013.Status: To Senate Committee on Education, Health and Environmental Affairs on February 1. Minnesota H 1022Intro Date: 02/28/2013
Sponsor: Representative John Ward
Issue Brief: Invasive SpeciesSummary: Relates to natural resources; establishes watercraft surcharge.
Status: Introduced to Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance on February 28.
Minnesota H 1163Intro Date: 03/04/2013
Sponsor: Representative Jason Isaacson
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Relates to natural resources; reinstates the five-year moratorium on wolf hunting.
Status: To House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy on March 3.Mississippi H 1005 Intro Date: 01/21/2013 Sponsor: Representative Scott Bounds, Co-Chair, Mississippi Legislative Sportsmen's CaucusIssue Brief: Access Private LandsSummary: Exempts the licensure requirement for certain individuals who trap on certain private lands; prohibits the use of certain trapping devices on public lands, unless exceptions are granted therefor; authorizes the use of certain trapping devices by designated legal authority of public lands or its agent for nuisance control; requires trapping devices to have a department issued identification number on a metal tag.Status: Passed Senate. To House for concurrence on March 11.
Montana H 142
Intro Date: 01/07/2013
Sponsor: Representative Pat Connell
Issue Briefs: Conservation Funding
Summary: Restores Dingell-Johnson fish restoration and managment funding assent language; relates to fish and wildlife.
Status: To Governor on March 13.
Montana S 123
Intro Date: 01/10/2013
Sponsor: Senator Kendall Van Dyk
Issue Briefs: Game Meat Donation
Summary: Provides for hunters against hunger.
Status: To Governor on March 12. Nevada SB 11
Intro Date: 02/04/2013
Sponsor: Senate Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Prohibits the possession of wildlife that was acquired, hunted, taken or transported in violation of a law or regulation of another state or country; provides civil and criminal penalties.
Status: Introduced to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining on March 13.
New Hampshire S 89
Intro Date: 01/03/2013
Sponsor: Senator Jeanie Forrester
Issue Brief: Lead Sinker Ban
Summary: Clarifies the definition of lead fishing sinkers and jigs which are subject to the prohibition on sale and use in the state.
Status: Passed the Senate on March 14 (with amendments).
New Hampshire S 133
Intro Date: 01/3/2013
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: From Senate Committee on Finance on March 6: Ought to pass.
North Carolina S 224
Intro Date: 03/07/2013
Sponsor: Senator Buck Newton, Co-Chair, North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Sunday Hunting
Summary: Allows hunting on Sunday on private land with permission of the owner.
Status: To Senate Committee on Agriculture Environment and Natural Resources on March 7.
North Carolina S 234
Intro Date: 03/11/2013
Sponsor: Senator Buck Newton, Co-Chair, North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Apprentice Hunting Licenses
Summary: Amends and clarifies the hunter education requirements and to establish a hunting heritage apprentice permit.
Status: To Senate Committee on Agriculture Environment and Natural Resources on March 11.
Pennsylvania H 126
Intro Date: 01/16/2013
Sponsor: Senator David Maloney, Member, Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Hunting, Fishing and Nature Appreciation in Schools.
Summary: Upon the request of the commission, school Districts must make a school facility under their control available for the purpose of conducting a hunter education course either during or after school hours.
Status: Passed the House on March 13 and was delivered to the Senate.
Utah H 347 Intro Date: 02/20/2013Sponsor: Representative Brad Wilson
Issue Brief: Access to Private LandsSummary: Amends provisions of Title 57, Chapter 14, relating to landowner liability; defines terms; recodifies Title 57, Chapter 14, Limitation of Landowner Liability - Public Recreation, and renames it "Limitations on Landowner Liability"; describes a landowner's liability, and limitations on liability, in relation to a trespasser; makes technical changes.Status: Eligible for Governor's desk on March 13.
