HB 41 - Reduces Limitations on Hunting Bison - Wyoming Key Vote
Dan Dockstader voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 14, 2013
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- Feb. 27, 2013
- Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 26, 2013
- House Bill Passed
- Jan. 17, 2013
- Introduced
- Jan. 8, 2013
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Title: Reduces Limitations on Hunting Bison
Signed by Governor Matt Mead
Title: Reduces Limitations on Hunting Bison
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends wild bison license provisions and appropriates funds for possible legal action pursuant to federal gun regulations.
Highlights:
- Establishes the residents’ fees for licenses to harvest any bison at $400 and to harvest a female or calf bison at $250 (Sec. 1).
- Establishes the non-residents’ fees for licenses to harvest any bison at $2,500 and to harvest a female or calf bison at $1,000 (Sec. 1).
- Limits future applications for wild bison hunting licenses as follows (Sec. 1):
- An individual who harvests a bull on an “any wild bison license” is prohibited from receiving another “any” license, but is authorized to receive a “female or calf license” the following season;
- An individual who harvests a female or calf bison on an “any wild bison license” is prohibited from receiving a “female or calf license” for 5 years, but may apply for another “any bison license” the following season; and
- An individual who harvests a female or calf bison on a “female or calf license” is prohibited from receiving a “female or calf license” or an “any wild bison license” for 5 years.
- Appropriates $250,000 from the general fund to the attorney general’s office for possible legal action related to firearms useful in hunting bison and federal gun regulations, with any remaining funds reverted back to the general fund on June 30, 2014 (Sec. 2).
Title: Reduces Limitations on Hunting Bison
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends wild bison license provisions and appropriates funds for possible legal action pursuant to federal gun regulations.
Highlights:
- Establishes the residents’ fees for licenses to harvest any bison at $400 and to harvest a female or calf bison at $250 (Sec. 1).
- Establishes the non-residents’ fees for licenses to harvest any bison at $2,500 and to harvest a female or calf bison at $1,000 (Sec. 1).
- Limits future applications for wild bison hunting licenses as follows (Sec. 1):
- An individual who harvests a bull on an “any wild bison license” is prohibited from receiving another “any” license, but is authorized to receive a “female or calf license” the following season;
- An individual who harvests a female or calf bison on an “any wild bison license” is prohibited from receiving a “female or calf license” for 5 years, but may apply for another “any bison license” the following season; and
- An individual who harvests a female or calf bison on a “female or calf license” is prohibited from receiving a “female or calf license” or an “any wild bison license” for 5 years.
- Appropriates $250,000 from the general fund to the attorney general’s office for possible legal action related to firearms useful in hunting bison and federal gun regulations, with any remaining funds reverted back to the general fund on June 30, 2014 (Sec. 2).
Title: Reduces Limitations on Hunting Bison
Title: Reduces Limitations on Hunting Bison