Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: changes to certain nonresident hunting, trapping, and fishing approval fees. (FE)
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Beginning on March 1, 2024, this bill increases all of the following fees for
nonresident hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals:
1. Nonresident elk and bear hunting licenses: $248.25 to $311.25
2. Nonresident archer and crossbow deer hunting licenses: $162.25 to $197.25.
3. Nonresident bonus deer hunting permit, outside chronic wasting disease
areas: $19.25 to $30.25.
4. Nonresident wild turkey hunting license: $62.25 to $97.25.
5. Nonresident additional wild turkey hunting authorization: $14.75 to $23.75.
6. Nonresident fur-bearing animal license: $162.25 to $197.25.
7. Nonresident wolf harvesting license: $250.25 to $313.25.
8. Nonresident trapping license: $149.25 to $187.25.
9. Itinerant fur buyer license: $200 to $600.
10. Nonresident conservation patron license: $615.25 to $715.25.
11. Nonresident youth conservation patron license: $72.25 to $86.25.
12. Nonresident sports fishing license: $292.25 to $319.25.
13. Nonresident youth sports fishing license: $33.25 to $38.25.
14. Nonresident two-day sports fishing license: $9.25 to $10.25.
15. Nonresident sturgeon spearing fishing license: $64.25 to $70.25.
16. Nonresident sturgeon hook and line fishing tag: $49.75 to $54.75.
17. Nonresident outlying waters commercial fishing license fees, with or
without a boat: $6,499.25 to $12,249.25.
18. Nonresident Lake Michigan, Green Bay, and Lake Superior sport trolling
licenses: $400 to $2,000.
19. Nonresident fishing guide license: $99.25 to $219.25.
20. Nonresident taxidermist license: $100 to $275.
21. Nonresident wild ginseng harvest license: $30 to $60.
22. Nonresident ginseng dealer license: $1,000 to $2,000.
The bill also decreases the nonresident five-day small game hunting license fee
to $55.25 from $57.25.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Feb 7, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Marklein, Quinn, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Armstrong, Edming, Green, Penterman and Shankland
- Feb 7, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
- Feb 12, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 14, 2024 · Senate
Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1