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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 611

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Relating to: increasing the waterfowl hunting stamp fee. (FE)

Bird Hunting Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing Neighborhood organization

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill raises the fee for a waterfowl hunting stamp to $11.75. Under current

law generally, no person may hunt waterfowl unless he or she is issued a

conservation patron license, a hunting license authorizing the hunting of small game

and a waterfowl hunting stamp, or a sports license and a waterfowl hunting stamp.

Currently, a waterfowl hunting stamp may be purchased for a $6.75 fee plus a 25 cent

issuing fee.

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources must spend 67

percent of the money received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps for developing,

managing, preserving, restoring, and maintaining wetland habitat and for

producing waterfowl and ecologically related species of wildlife. The bill requires

DNR to prepare a biennial report for the legislature that identifies how the money

received from fees for waterfowl hunting stamps is used for habitat projects.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Olsen (R) , Testin (R) , Wirch (D)

16 cosponsors

Born (R) , Brostoff (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Hutton (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Milroy (D) , Novak (R) , Petersen (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Stuck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wittke (R)

Full history

  1. Dec 6, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Testin, Cowles, Olsen and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Skowronski, Born, Brostoff, Duchow, Edming, Hutton, Kulp, Milroy, Novak, Petersen, Sinicki, Stuck, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wittke and Kitchens

  2. Dec 6, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry

  3. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1