Introduced
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To explicitly permit deer and elk baiting for hunting, and feeding deer and elk during hunting season. Separately, the bill would also establish that feeding wild birds or other wildlife is permissible if done in such a manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed. The bill is a response to a baiting ban imposed by a state Natural Resources Commission in 2018.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To limit the amount of deer and elk bait to 5 gallons in any one bait site.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To insert a new section in the bill that would revise details of regulations and penalties for a range of game laws.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To insert a new section in the bill that would revise details of deer hunting regulations and licenses.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To insert a new section in the bill that would revise details of deer hunting licenses and regulations.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To ban deer or elk baiting in an area where bovine tuberculosis has been detected in deer.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 57 to 49 (details)
To explicitly permit deer and elk baiting for hunting, and feeding deer and elk during hunting season. Baiting would be limited to 5 gallons of bait at each bait site. Separately, the bill would also establish that feeding wild birds or other wildlife is permissible if done in such a manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed. The bill is a response to a baiting ban imposed by a state Natural Resources Commission in 2018.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 21 to 14 (details)
To explicitly permit deer and elk baiting for hunting, and feeding deer and elk during hunting season. Baiting would be limited to 5 gallons of bait at a bait site, and one bait site per hunting site, with bait items that are no larger than a sugar beet. Separately, the bill would also establish that feeding wild birds or other wildlife is permissible if done in such a manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed. The bill is a response to a baiting ban imposed by a state Natural Resources Commission in 2018.
Passed in the House 61 to 44 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which limited baiting to one bait site per hunting site, with bait items that are no larger than a sugar beet.
Received
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
