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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 35

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Relating to: modifying the designation of a free fishing weekend in January.

Fish and fishing Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 requires the Department of Natural Resources to designate the full

weekend prior to the third Monday in January as a weekend on which DNR waives

license and fee requirements to fish.

Under current law, DNR issues approvals that authorize the hunting, fishing,

or trapping of specified wild animals. With limited exceptions, no person may fish

in the waters of the state without the applicable approvals issued by DNR. However,

DNR is required to designate two weekends per year during which DNR waives the

fishing approval requirement. Current law requires that one of these weekends be

the third full weekend in January.

The bill modifies this requirement to instead require DNR to waive the fishing

approval requirements during the full weekend prior to the third Monday in

January, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Behnke (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Jacobson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Rozar (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

6 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gustafson (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Jan 18, 2024 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Edming, Andraca, Behnke, Donovan, Kitchens, Knodl, Magnafici, Maxey, Ohnstad, Rozar, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, Tusler and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators James, Cowles, Felzkowski, Marklein and Taylor

  2. Feb 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

  3. Nov 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  7. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:02 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  9. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1