HF2951 Summary

• Increases fees for hunting and fishing licenses across multiple categories, including resident small game licenses ($12.50 to $15.50), deer licenses ($26 to $30), and nonresident fishing licenses ($37.50 to $40).

• Raises lifetime license fees substantially for residents and nonresidents across angling, small game, deer hunting, and sporting license categories (e.g., resident lifetime angling ages 4-15 from $300 to $473).

• Modifies youth hunting and fishing provisions, including establishing free turkey licenses for residents under age 13, reducing deer license fees for youth ages 13-17 to $5, and allowing nonresidents ages 16-17 to purchase youth angling licenses.

• Creates new 72-hour hunting and fishing licenses for residents ($19) and nonresidents ($75), with provisions for habitat and wildlife acquisition fund deposits.

• Adds a 25-cent records management surcharge on most licenses and appropriates surcharge revenue to the Division of Enforcement for licensing system development and maintenance.