Georgia H 155
Intro Date: 01/30/2013Sponsor: Representative David Knight, Co-Chair, Georgia Legislative Sportsmen's CaucusIssue Brief: General
Summary: Relates to game and fish; provides for the use of suppressors on hunting firearms; provides for suspension of hunting privileges on certain lands; revises provisions concerning the licensing and operation of shooting preserves; revises the definition of "pen raised game birds"; changes licensing requirements for shooting preserves; creates a lifetime shooting preserve license; grants registered boat owners a three-day hunting and fishing license as part of the registration fee.Status: Signed by Governor on May 6.
Intro Date: 01/24/2013
Sponsor: Representative Michael Madigan, Member, Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Recruitment
Summary: Amends the Wildlife Code; requires the youth-only deer hunting season set by the Director of Natural Resources between specified dates to be 3 days rather than 2 days long.
Status: In Senate. Placed on Calendar Order Second Reading on May 1. Intro Date: 02/13/2013
Sponsor: Senator Troy Jackson, Co-Chair, Maine Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Conservation Funding
Summary: Expands the types of vehicles on which a special sportsman registration plate may be displayed to include motorcycles and trailers.
Status: Signed by Governor on May 7.
Intro Date: 03/11/2013
Sponsor: Senator Justin Alfond
Issue Brief: Guns
Summary: Makes the possession, transfer or importation of an ammunition feeding device for a firearm a Class D crime. An ammunition feeding device is a device such as a magazine, belt, drum or other device that has a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Exceptions include: 1. The possession of an ammunition feeding device by a person who lawfully possessed the device before the effective date of this Act, or a person who has retired from a law enforcement agency under certain conditions.
Status: In Senate.Placed in Legislative File (Dead) on May 7.
Maryland H 214 Intro Date: 01/21/2013
Sponsor: Representative Stephen Hershey
Issue Brief: Sunday Hunting RestrictionsSummary: Authorizes a person in Queen Anne's County to hunt deer on specified Sundays on private property using specified hunting equipment during specified months.
Status: Signed by Governor on May 2.
Michigan S 288
Intro Date: 04/09/2013
Sponsor: Senator Tom Casperson, Member, Michigan Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Provides natural resources commission the ability to designate specifies as game.
Status: Signed by the Governor on May 8.
Michigan S 289Intro Date: 04/09/2013
Sponsor: Senator Tom Casperson, Member, Michigan Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Provides for right to hunt and fish.
Status: Signed by Governor on May 8.
Michigan H 4668
Intro Date: 05/02/2013
Sponsor: Representative Jon Bumstead, Co-Chair, Michigan Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Licenses
Summary: Creates and modifies a base fee for hunting and fishing licenses.Status: To House Committee on Appropriations on May 2.
Montana H 27
Intro Date: 01/07/2013
Sponsor: Representative Ted Washburn
Summary: Authorizes use of sound suppressors while hunting certain large predators.Status: Died in process on April 24.
Montana H 205Intro Date: 01/14/2013
Sponsor: Representative Krayton Kerns
Summary: Eliminates prohibition on firearm sound reduction devices in the field; relates to fish and wildlife.
Status: Vetoed by Governor. Died in process on May 8.
Montana H 147
Intro Date: 01/07/2013
Sponsor: Representative Alan Redfield
Issue Briefs: Access to Private Lands
Summary: Revises the monetary penalties for the second offense of failure to obtain a landowner's permission for hunting within 5 years; authorizes restitution for any property damage resulting from the violation as determined by the court; provides that the payment of full restitution order must be made prior to the release of the state jurisdiction over the person convictedStatus: Chaptered. Chapter No. 338 on April 30.
New York S 4222 Intro Date: 03/14/2013Sponsor: Senator Kenneth LaValle
Issue Brief: Youth Hunting
Summary: Relates to youth pheasant hunting days on Long Island.
Status: Passed Assembly on May 7. North Carolina S 25
Intro Date: 02/04/2013
Sponsor: Senator Harry Brown, Co-Chair, North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Seniors, Veterans, and Active Duty Military Hunting and Angling Privileges
Summary: Provides that members of the Armed Forces who are serving on active military duty in the Armed Forces of the United States outside the State of North Carolina shall be considered residents for purposes of obtaining certain hunting, fishing, trapping, and special activity licenses.
Status: Re-referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate on May 1.
North Carolina S 58Intro Date: 02/06/2013
Sponsor: Senator Harry Brown, Co-Chair, North Carolina Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Provides additional funding for dredging of the state's shallow draft navigation channels.
Status: To House Committee on Commerce and Job Development on May 8.
Intro Date: 04/15/2013
Sponsor: Representative Jason Saine
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Establishes standards of care for large commercial dog breeding facilities and to provide law enforcement with tools to ensure that dogs at those facilities are treated humanely.
Status: In House. Judiciary committee substitute adopted on House floor on May 8.
Pennsylvania S 623Intro Date: 04/17/2013
Sponsor: Senator Jake Corman
Issue Brief: Apprentice Hunting License
Summary: Amends Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses; further provides for license requirements and for unlawful acts concerning licenses; relates to a mentored youth hunting program.
Status: To Governor's desk on May 7.
Pennsylvania S 648
Intro Date: 03/13/2013
Sponsor: Senator Richard Alloway, Co-Chair, Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Public Access to Private Lands
Summary: Amends Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in enforcement; further provides for hunting liability for actions of others.
Status: Passed Senate and on to House on May 8.
Rhode Island S 814
Intro Date: 04/04/2013
Sponsor: Senator Catherine Cool Rumsey
Issue Brief: Wildlife Violators
Summary: Would adopt the wildlife violation compact act which recognizes violations of hunting, trapping and fishing laws occurring in other states as violations in a person's home state. This act would take effect upon passage.
Status: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration on May 8.
Vermont H 101Intro Date: 01/25/2013
Sponsor: Representative David Deen, Member, Vermont Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Crossbows and Handgun Carry while Archery Hunting
Summary: Relates to the clarification of provisions regarding the posting of land and access to land and water for hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Status: Senate concurred in House additional amendments. Eligible for Governor's desk on May 8. Intro Date: 01/09/2013
Sponsor: Assemblyman R. Lee Ware
Issue Brief: Conservation Tax Incentive
Summary: Relates to land preservation tax credit; relates to unissued tax credits; provides that if the maximum amount of land preservation tax credits have not been issued by the Department of Taxation for the calendar year, then the Governor shall provide in the Budget Bill for the distribution from the General Fund the funding amount of unissued credits to the Land Conservation Fund, conservation acquisitions for public access, and the Civil War Site Preservation Fund, and the Farmland Preservation Fund.
Status: Became law without Governor's signature. Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 798 on May 3.
Washington H 1218
Intro Date: 01/18/2013
Sponsor: Representative Dean Takko, Member, Washington Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Licenses
Summary: Concerns department of fish and wildlife license suspensions.
Status: Chapter No. 102 [Effective Rule] on May 1.
