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HF3837 • 2026

Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 65 or over.

Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 65 or over.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Skraba, Warwas
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 65 or over.

Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 65 or over.

What This Bill Does

  • Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 65 or over.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Free angling, deer, and small game licenses provided to residents age 65 or over.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to game and fish; providing for free angling, deer, and small game licenses

to residents age 65 or over; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441,

by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.441, is amended by adding a subdivision

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Subd. 11.

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Angling and taking deer and small game; age 65 or older.

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(a) A person

authorized to issue licenses must issue, without a fee, to a resident who is age 65 or older:

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(1) a permanent license to take fish by angling;

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(2) an annual license to take deer by firearms or by archery; and

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(3) an annual license to take small game.

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(b) A driver's license or Minnesota identification card serves as satisfactory evidence to

obtain a license under this subdivision at all agent locations.

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