Key Votes
HB 2438 - Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting - Key Vote
Washington Key Votes
Skip Priest voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 13, 2008 Executive Signed
- March 4, 2008 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 19, 2008 House Bill Passed
- Dec. 3, 2007 Introduced
Family
- HB 2438 - Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
- SB 5187 - Authorizes Livestock Owners to Dispatch Gray Wolves
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 13, 2008
Title: Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (31-18) - March 4, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Vote to pass a bill that allows the Department of Fish and Wildlife to authorize three additional seasons in which dogs may be used in the hunting of cougars as part of the "cougar control" pilot project, which intends to gather information to determine if a permanent program is warranted.
- - Adopting a resolution requesting inclusion;
- Documenting the need to participate in the pilot project by identifying the number of cougar-human encounters and livestock and pet depredation;
- Developing and implementing an education program about predator exclusion techniques and nonlethal cougar management; and
- Demonstrating that existing legal methods and tools have not been sufficient to deal with cougar incidents in the county.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (66-29) - Feb. 19, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Vote to pass a bill that allows the Department of Fish and Wildlife to authorize three additional seasons in which dogs may be used in the hunting of cougars as part of the "cougar control" pilot project, which intends to gather information to determine if a permanent program is warranted.
- - Adopting a resolution requesting inclusion;
- Documenting the need to participate in the pilot project by identifying the number of cougar-human encounters and livestock and pet depredation;
- Developing and implementing an education program about predator exclusion techniques and nonlethal cougar management; and
- Demonstrating that existing legal methods and tools have not been sufficient to deal with cougar incidents in the county.
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Dec. 3, 2007
Title: Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Sponsors
- Mike Armstrong (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brian E. Blake (WA - D)
- Bruce Chandler (WA - R)
- Cary Condotta (WA - R)
- James K. 'Jim' Dunn (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joel Kretz (WA - R)
- Jim McCune (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joyce McDonald (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel 'Dan' Newhouse (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kirk Pearson (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dean A. Takko (WA - D)
- Judith 'Judy' Warnick (WA - R)
- Brendan W. Williams (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
