Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 563

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: farm-raised game bovids. (FE)

Animal Apprenticeship Hunting

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, stopped here
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 makes numerous changes so that farm-raised game bovids are treated

in the same manner as farm-raised deer. The bill defines “farm-raised game bovid”

as animals kept in captivity to be hunted that are members of the taxonomic family

bovidae, which includes animals more commonly known as bison, buffalo, sheep,

goats, and antelopes.

Under current law, there are many requirements and restrictions relating to

wild animals, including those relating to hunting, killing, possessing, transporting,

selling, serving, and stealing wild animals. However, these requirements and

restrictions generally do not apply to farm-raised deer. The bill exempts

farm-raised game bovids from these requirements and restrictions and specifically

allows the hunting of farm-raised game bovids without a license.

The bill requires farm-raised game bovids to be fenced in the same manner as

farm-raised deer other than white-tailed deer. The bill also treats farm-raised

game bovids in the same manner as farm-raised deer for the purpose of sales taxes;

farmland preservation and the purchase of agricultural conservation easements;

various trade regulation provisions, such as the misrepresentation of animal breeds;

disease control, with the exception that farm-raised game bovids are not required

to be tested for chronic wasting disease; premises registration; voluntary tagging;

indemnity payments for condemned animals; animal market licensing;

slaughtering; and the seizure and disposal of escaped animals.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 21, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 20–12 Oct 25, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 20

Nay · 12

Not voting · 1

André Jacque (1)

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 9, Noes 4

Passed 9–4 Jan 18, 2022 official source full page