Restrictions on hunting within a specified distance of hospitals, sanatoriums, or school grounds and restrictions imposed by local governmental units on hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law generally prohibits a local governmental unit from enacting or adopting any ordinance or restriction (restriction) that regulates hunting, fishing, trapping, or management of wild animals except on land the local governmental unit owns or leases or unless state law specifically authorizes the local governmental unit to enact or adopt such restriction. Current statutes also specify that a local governmental unit may enact or adopt a restriction that has an incidental effect on hunting, fishing, or trapping, but only if the primary purpose is to further public health or safety.

This bill provides, with an exception, that a local governmental unit may not enact or adopt a restriction that prohibits hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow within the jurisdiction of that local governmental unit. Under the exception provided in the bill, a local governmental unit may prohibit a person from hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow within a specified distance, not to exceed 100 yards, of a building used for human occupancy that is located on another person's land. The bill specifies that the enacted or adopted restriction must provide that it does not apply if the person who owns the land on which the building is located allows the hunter to hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow within the specified distance of the building.

Who's behind it

2 representatives are its authors⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

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• LC Amendment Memo