Introduced
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To give the Natural Resources Commission (in addition to the Legislature) the power to designate a species as game and authorize an open hunting season. Also, to allow members of the military to obtain hunting and fishing licenses for free. The bill also contains a modest appropriation that makes it "referendum-proof".
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment, and Great Lakes
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S 1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To prohibit the commission from designating the mourning dove as a huntable game species.
The amendment failed 12 to 24 (details)
Amendment offered
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To require a statewide referendum on the bill.
The amendment failed 11 to 25 (details)
Amendment offered
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To prohibit any species from being designated a huntable game species if it has been the subject of a state referendum held before 2015.
The amendment failed 14 to 22 (details)
Amendment offered
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To prohibit designating the sandhill crane as huntable game species.
The amendment failed 11 to 25 (details)
Substitute offered
To adopt a version of the bill that does not include a modest appropriation intended to make it "referendum-proof," and which prohibits the commission from designating mourning doves as a game species.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 25 to 11 (details)
To give the state Natural Resources Commission (in addition to the Legislature) the power to designate a species as a huntable game species. Also, to allow members of the military to obtain hunting and fishing licenses for free. The bill was changed on the floor to prohibit the commission from designating mourning doves as a game species, and to remove a modest appropriation intended to make it "referendum-proof".
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To prohibit the commission from allowing hunting on a species rejected by a popular initiative enacted before 2015. This would apply to a potential initiative on wolf hunting.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To submit the proposal to a vote of the people on the November 4, 2014 ballot.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To prohibit creating a hunting season for cougars.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To prohibit creating hunting seasons on robins, cardinals, kirtland’s warblers, trumpeter swans or sandhill cranes.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 72 to 38 (details)
To give the state Natural Resources Commission (in addition to the Legislature) the power to designate a species as a huntable game species. Also, to allow members of the military to obtain hunting and fishing licenses for free. The bill was changed on the floor to prohibit the commission from designating mourning doves as a game species, and to remove a modest appropriation intended to make it "referendum-proof".
