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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 798

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Relating to: funding for chronic wasting disease research and making an appropriation. (FE)

Animal — Disease Natural resources department of — Environmental protection

  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

Under this bill, the Department of Natural Resources may research chronic

wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, in addition to managing and providing funding to

conduct testing for CWD, which DNR is authorized to do under current law. A cervid

is any species of deer or elk that is present in the wild and that is not a farm-raised

deer. The bill also appropriates $1,000,000 annually from the general fund in fiscal

years 2023-24 and 2024-25 for research on and management of CWD. Current law

appropriates no money for this purpose.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

10 cosponsors

C. Anderson (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 12, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Agard, Hesselbein, Roys, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, Considine, C. Anderson, Palmeri, Emerson, Jacobson, Ohnstad, Shelton, Joers and Ratcliff

  2. Dec 12, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  3. Jan 4, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1