New Hampshire LSR 627
Prefiled: 12/10/2014
Sponsor: Representative John A. Burt
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Repeals the prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife.
Status: Filed on December 10
New Hampshire LSR 746
Prefiled: 12/10/2014
Sponsor: Representative David H. Kidder, Member, New Hampshire Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: General, General License
Summary: Relates to fish and game fees
Status: Filed on December 10
New Jersey S 2567
Introduced: 12/01/2014
Sponsor: Senator Stephen Sweeney, Member, New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus
Issue Brief: General License
Summary: Creates the Fishing Buddy License.
Status: Corrected Reprint issued on December 4
New Jersey A 394
Introduced: 01/16/2014
Sponsor: Assembly Member Anthony M. Bucco, Member, New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus
Issue Brief: Sunday Hunting
Summary: Authorizes Sunday bow hunting on federal military installations.
Status: From Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources as amended on December 11
New Jersey ACR 210
Introduced: 12/04/2014
Sponsor: Assembly Member Bob Andrzejczak
Issue Brief: Right to Hunt and Fish
Summary: Proposes constitutional amendment to preserve right of people to fish, hunt, trap and harvest fish and wildlife.
Status: To Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources on December 4
New York A 1627
Introduced: 01/19/2013
Sponsor: Assembly Member Aileen M. Gunther, Co-Chair, New York Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Conservation Funding
Summary: Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to create gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses; includes bowhunting and muzzle-loading privileges.
Status: To Governor on December 5
Ohio H 234
Introduced: 07/17/2013
Sponsor: Representative Cheryl Grossman, Member, Ohio Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: General, Sound Suppressors
Summary: Provides for concealed handgun reciprocity agreements with other states; provides that concealed handgun licenses issued in another state that has not entered into a reciprocity agreement shall be recognized in the state and accepted as valid; sets forth requirements for the Attorney General; relates to the use of suppressors while hunting, compliance with the national instant criminal background check system, peace officers and members of the armed forces.
Status: House concurred in Senate amendments on December 10. To Governor for signature.
Oregon D 400
Prefiled: 12/10/2014
Sponsor: House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief: Right to Hunt and Fish
Summary: Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution establishing right to hunt, to fish, to trap and to harvest wildlife, and to use traditional methods to hunt, fish, trap and harvest wildlife.
Status: Filed on December 10
Oregon D 1162
Prefiled: 12/08/2014
Sponsor: House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief: Enforcement, General
Summary: Relating to county elections concerning methods of taking wildlife; and providing for criminal sentence reduction that requires approval by a two-thirds majority.
Status: Filed on December 8
Oregon D 1254
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Senate Committee on Business and Transportation
Issue Brief: Guns
Summary: Provides honorably retired law enforcement officers with protections provided to Oregon concealed handgun license holders.
Status: Filed on December 11
Oregon D 1435
Prefiled: 12/10/2014
Sponsor: House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study developing predator management plan for State of Oregon and to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2016.
Status: Filed on December 10
Oregon D 1588
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Senate Committee on Business and Transportation
Issue Brief: Guns
Summary: Adds justice court and municipal court to definition of court facility in which firearms and other weapons are prohibited except in specified circumstances.
Status: Filed on December 11
Oregon D 1674
Prefiled: 12/08/2014
Sponsor: House Revenue Committee
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Creates and adjusts sunset dates for certain exemptions from property taxation.
Status: Filed on December 8
Oregon D 2217
Prefiled: 12/09/2014
Sponsor: House Rules Committee
Issue Brief: Ethics/Lobbying
Summary: Removes sunset on lobbyist exemption from reporting to Oregon Government Ethics Commission moneys spent on lobbying other registered lobbyists.
Status: Filed on December 9
South Carolina H 3033
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Issue Brief: Ammunition, NICS, Sound Suppressors
Summary: Requires a national instant criminal background check before any sale, exchange, or transfer of a firearm in the state and to provide procedures for the background checks; requires national instant criminal background checks at gun shows and to provide procedures for the background checks; exempts records kept from disclosure as a public record under the freedom of information act and to provide a penalty for a violation of the article.
Status: To House Committee on Judiciary on December 11
South Carolina H 3115
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Representative Mike Pitts, National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucus Past President
Issue Brief: Guns
Summary: Relates to the regulation of the ownership, transfer, or possession of firearms or ammunition; provides that no governing body of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision in the state may enact, enforce, or promulgate any regulation or ordinance that regulates or attempts to regulate the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of knives, firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or any combination of these things.
Status: To House Committee on Judiciary on December 11
South Carolina H 3118
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Representative Mike Pitts, National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucus Past President
Issue Brief: Crossbows, General
Summary: Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to promulgate regulations governing certain areas to establish seasons, dates, areas, bag limits, and other restrictions for hunting and taking wild turkey; establishes male wild turkey hunting season as March 20 through May 5; declares the Saturday preceding March 20 of each year to be South Carolina youth turkey hunting day and provide a procedure for youth turkey hunting on this day; provides a wild turkey bag limit.
Status: To House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs on December 11
South Carolina S 57
Prefiled: 12/03/2014
Sponsor: Senator George Campsen, Member, South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief: Anti, General
Summary: Provides the Department of Natural Resources the authority to promulgate regulations governing certain areas to establish seasons, dates, areas, bag limits, and other restrictions for hunting and taking wild turkey; relates to the Department of Natural Resources' regulation of the hunting of wild turkeys; revises the season for the hunting and taking of male wild turkeys; establishes South Carolina youth turkey hunting day; establishes bag limits for the taking of male wild turkeys.
Status: To Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry on December 3
South Carolina S 158
Prefiled: 12/03/2014
Sponsor: Senator Katrina Shealy
Issue Brief: General, General License
Summary: Relates to the exemptions of certain activities from the Animal Fighting and Baiting Act; deletes the exemption of bear-baying; relates to bear hunting and unlawful acts in regard to bears including a provision that it is unlawful to possess a captive bear except by permit issued by the Department of Natural resources.
Status: To Senate Committee on Judiciary on December 3
Texas S 228
Prefiled: 12/05/2014
Sponsor: Senator Brandon Creighton
Issue Brief: Outdoor Sporting Goods Tax Holiday
Summary: Relates to an exemption from the sales tax for firearms and hunting supplies for a limited period.
Status: Prefiled on December 5
Washington H 1000
Prefiled: 12/05/2014
Sponsor: Representative Brian Blake
Issue Brief: Enforcement, General
Summary: Concerns water rights appurtenant to land managed by the department of fish and wildlife.
Status: Prefiled on December 5
Washington H 1018
Prefiled: 12/08/2014
Sponsor: Representative Sherry Appleton
Issue Brief: Dog Tethering
Summary: Prevents breed-based dog regulations
Status: Prefiled on December 8
Washington H 1032
Prefiled: 12/08/2014
Sponsor: Representative Brian Blake
Issue Brief: General
Summary: Amends the fee structure to encourage habitat projects that provide a public benefit.
Status: Prefiled on December 8
Washington H 1033
Prefiled: 12/08/2014
Sponsor: Representative Brian Blake
Issue Brief: Access Private Lands
Summary: Provides tools for the department of fish and wildlife to use in order to promote access to private lands for hunting.
Status: Prefiled on December 8
Wyoming S 6
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Senator Bruce Burns
Issue Brief: Invasive Species
Summary: Relates to aquatic invasive species; amends rulemaking authority; amends requirements for collection and evidence of inspection fees; provides for an effective date.
Status: Prefiled on December 11
Wyoming S 7
Prefiled: 12/11/2014
Sponsor: Senator Gerald Geis
Issue Brief: Dog Tethering
Summary: Relates to crimes and offenses; creates a new provision relating to the unlawful tethering of dogs; provides that certain requirements must be met in order for an owner to lawfully tether a dog; provides for an effective date.
Status: Prefiled on December 11