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HB0041

Outfitters and Guides on Private Property

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In one sentence

This bill would allow landowners and their long-term employees to guide hunters on private land without a guide license.

What it does

  • Allows a resident landowner or a member of their immediate family to guide hunters on their own land without a guide license.
  • Allows a Wyoming resident who has been employed by the landowner full-time for at least one year to guide hunters on that land without a guide license.
  • Defines a full-time employee as a person whose primary employment responsibilities are connected with the agricultural uses of the land.
  • Allows a landowner to authorize non-residents to hunt on their land without a guide.
  • Requires the license to bear the signature of the landowner or their agent as evidence that permission to hunt was granted.
  • Exempts employees hired by a landowner under these specific rules from needing a professional guide license.

Who it affects

  • Resident landowners in Wyoming.
  • Members of a landowner's immediate family.
  • Wyoming residents who have worked full-time for a landowner for at least one year.
  • Non-resident hunters on private property.
  • Professional guides and outfitters who may be exempt from licensing if hired by a landowner under these rules.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in the 2006 session; it was placed on the General File in the Senate.
  • The effective date of July 1, 2006, would only apply if the bill had passed.
  • The bill text provided is a working draft that includes amendments made during committee review.

Plain language

Terms to know

Guide license
A permit required for people who guide hunters, which this bill would waive for specific landowners and their employees.
Full-time employee
A person whose primary employment responsibilities are connected with the agricultural uses of the land upon which they are guiding.
Outfitter
A person or business that engages in the business of guiding or providing services for hunting trips.

Official record

Sources

Source checked
Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 8, 8:08 PM

Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes the bill because it lowers standards for hunting guides and disadvantages resident sportsmen in favor of non-residents, thereby diminishing access to hunting and fishing.

Public statementFloor statement at 8:28 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill as a fundamental personal property right that allows landowners or their immediate family members to guide hunters on private property without competing with outfitters.

Public statementFloor statement at 10:51 Watch the statement
Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill because it provides property owners, such as farmers, with necessary control over their land to protect against trespassers who have previously shot toward buildings and livestock.

Public statementFloor statement at 12:48 Watch the statement

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

4 roll calls

S06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-02006-02-28 · Senate5 yes 0 no
Yes
5
No
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Conflict
0

Yes 5

Bruce Burns Jr.S21Michael J Mr. Von FlaternS24Mike MassieS09Stan CooperS14Tony RossS04
H Passed 3rd Reading 53-5-2-0-02006-02-23 · House53 yes 5 no
Yes
53
No
5
Absent
0
Excused
2
Conflict
0

Yes 53

Alan C JonesH25Ann RobinsonH58Bill ThompsonH60Bruce BarnardH49Burke JacksonH52Colin SimpsonH24David R EdwardsH06David R MillerH55Debbie HammonsH27Deborah AldenH03Del McOmieH54Douglas OsbornH40Edward BuchananH04Elaine HarveyH26Erin E Mrs. MercerH53EsquibelFrank PhilpH34Jack D Landon Jr.H30James C HagemanH05Jane WarrenH13Jeff WasserburgerH32Jerry IekelH29Jim SlaterH46John HastertH39Kathleen DavisonH20Keith M GingeryH23Kermit C BrownH14Kurt BucholzH47Larry MeuliH08Layton D MorganH12Lorraine K QuarbergH28Mark SemlekH01Marty A MartinH48Mick PowersH18Monte OlsenH22Owen PetersenH19Pat ChildersH50Pete JorgensenH16Peter S IllowayH42Randall B LuthiH21Robert A BrechtelH38Rodney "Pete" AndersonH10Rosie M BergerH51Ross DiercksH02Roy CoheeH35Stephen D WattH17Steve HarshmanR · H37Tom Lubnau IIH31Tom WalshH56Wayne ReeseH11W. Patrick P GogglesH33Zwonitzer, DK.Zwonitzer, DL.

No 5

Doug SamuelsonH07George BagbyH15Gerald GayH36Kevin A WhiteH45Mary GilmoreH59

Excused 2

Becket HinckleyH41Thomas A LockhartH57
H06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-02006-02-20 · House9 yes 0 no
Yes
9
No
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Conflict
0

Yes 9

Bill ThompsonH60Jerry IekelH29Jim SlaterH46Kathleen DavisonH20Keith M GingeryH23Kermit C BrownH14Pat ChildersH50Wayne ReeseH11Zwonitzer
H Introduced and Referred to H06 49-10-1-0-02006-02-14 · House49 yes 10 no
Yes
49
No
10
Absent
0
Excused
1
Conflict
0

Yes 49

Alan C JonesH25Becket HinckleyH41Bill ThompsonH60Bruce BarnardH49Colin SimpsonH24David R EdwardsH06David R MillerH55Debbie HammonsH27Del McOmieH54Douglas OsbornH40Doug SamuelsonH07Edward BuchananH04Elaine HarveyH26Erin E Mrs. MercerH53Frank PhilpH34George BagbyH15Jack D Landon Jr.H30James C HagemanH05Jane WarrenH13Jerry IekelH29Jim SlaterH46Kathleen DavisonH20Kermit C BrownH14Kurt BucholzH47Larry MeuliH08Layton D MorganH12Lorraine K QuarbergH28Mark SemlekH01Mick PowersH18Monte OlsenH22Owen PetersenH19Pat ChildersH50Pete JorgensenH16Peter S IllowayH42Randall B LuthiH21Robert A BrechtelH38Rodney "Pete" AndersonH10Rosie M BergerH51Ross DiercksH02Roy CoheeH35Stephen D WattH17Steve HarshmanR · H37Thomas A LockhartH57Tom Lubnau IIH31Tom WalshH56Wayne ReeseH11W. Patrick P GogglesH33Zwonitzer, DK.Zwonitzer, DL.

No 10

Ann RobinsonH58Deborah AldenH03EsquibelGerald GayH36Jeff WasserburgerH32John HastertH39Keith M GingeryH23Kevin A WhiteH45Marty A MartinH48Mary GilmoreH59

Excused 1

Burke JacksonH52

Official activity

Bill history

  1. S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoWSenate
  2. S06 Recommended Amend and Do PassSenate
  3. S Introduced and Referred to S06Senate
  4. S Received for IntroductionSenate
  5. H Passed 3rd ReadingHouse
  6. H Passed 2nd ReadingHouse
  7. Amendment AdoptedHouse
  8. H Passed CoWHouse
  9. Amendment AdoptedHouse
  10. Amendment AdoptedHouse
  11. H Amendments AdoptedHouse
  12. H Placed on General FileHouse
  13. H06 Recommended Amend and Do PassHouse
  14. H Introduced and Referred to H06House
  15. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  16. Bill Number AssignedLSO

Changes

Amendments

4 stored

HB0041H2001

Adopted 2nd reading by BROWN

HB0041H3001

Withdrawn 3rd reading by GILMORE

HB0041HW001

Adopted Committee of the Whole by BROWN

HB0041HS001

Adopted, Corrected Standing Committee by H06