Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: hunter education requirements for persons under the age of 18 and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to offer in-person and
online hunter education for persons under the age of 18. The bill also requires
persons under the age of 18 to attend an in-person field training session and
complete a certification exam following completion of the in-person or online course
of instruction. The bill also requires DNR to promulgate rules establishing the
curriculum, length, and fee for the courses.
Under current law, DNR must establish a hunter education program and bow
hunter education program that provides instruction in the responsibilities of
hunters, how to recognize threatened and endangered species, and principles of
wildlife management and conservation. DNR is required to offer an online course of
instruction for persons age 18 and older.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Nov 12, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Born, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kurtz, Milroy, Oldenburg, Penterman, Ramthun, Skowronski, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel and Cowles
- Nov 12, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage
- Dec 8, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1