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IN SB0007

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/5/2016

Primary Sponsor

Pete Miller

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

Senate Bill No. 7 Summary

  • Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or operate a computer-assisted remote hunting facility that remotely controls the aiming and discharge of bows, crossbows, or firearms.

  • Prohibits use of unmanned aerial vehicles to search for, scout, locate, or detect wildlife as an aid to hunting, with exceptions for government employees, educational/research institutions, and veterinary care.

  • Makes it illegal to release wild mammals from confinement for hunting purposes or offer for sale the hunting of wild mammals kept or confined on private property.

  • Removes exotic mammals from the list of animals that may be propagated and offered for hunting at licensed shooting preserves, limiting preserves to game birds only.

  • Takes effect upon passage with an emergency declaration.

Legislative Description

Hunting wildlife. Removes exotic mammals from the animals that may be propagated or offered for hunting at a shooting preserve. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to: (1) engage in computer assisted remote hunting or provide or operate a computer assisted remote hunting facility; (2) use an unmanned aerial vehicle to search for, scout, locate, or detect wildlife as an aid to hunt or take wildlife; (3) release from confinement a wild mammal for the purpose of taking the wild mammal; or (4) offer for sale the taking of a wild mammal that is kept or confined on private property.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

1/5/2016

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources1/5/2016

Full Bill Text

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