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MS HC35

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Failed

2/1/2022

Primary Sponsor

Charles Busby

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Origin

House of Representatives

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Proposes an amendment to Section 12A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 to require the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to promulgate rules and regulations ensuring the people's right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife

  • Maintains existing constitutional language establishing hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife as a right, subject to laws promoting wildlife conservation and management

  • Preserves public hunting and fishing as the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife

  • Specifies the amendment does not modify laws relating to trespass, property rights, commercial activities regulation, or levee maintenance

  • Directs the Secretary of State to submit the proposed amendment to voters in the November 2022 general election as a single ballot measure

Legislative Description

Constitution; amend to provide that the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the people's right to hunt.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/1/2022

Committee Referrals

Constitution1/17/2022

Full Bill Text

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