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HB0235 • 2017

Mentor small game and game bird hunting.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; providing an exception to the hunter safety certificate requirement for hunting small game and game birds with a mentor; specifying requirements; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date.

Firearms
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Miller
Last action
2017-03-08
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2017

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Amendments

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HB0235H3001

3rd reading • Eklund

Withdrawn

Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Eklund

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HB0235HS001

Standing Committee • HTravel

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HTravel

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Bill History

  1. 2017-03-08 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0088

  2. 2017-03-08 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  3. 2017-03-01 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0088

  4. 2017-03-01 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0088

  5. 2017-03-01 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0088

  6. 2017-02-28 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-0-0-0

  7. 2017-02-27 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2017-02-24 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2017-02-09 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2017-02-09 Senate

    S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  11. 2017-02-06 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel

  12. 2017-02-03 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2017-02-02 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0

  14. 2017-02-01 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2017-01-31 House

    H COW:Passed

  16. 2017-01-30 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2017-01-30 House

    H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  18. 2017-01-26 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

  19. 2017-01-25 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2017-01-24 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0235
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0641

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0088

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Miller

Catch Title:
Mentor small game and game bird hunting.

Subject:
Youth hunting with a mentor.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current Wyoming law requires an individual to
apply to the Game and Fish Department for special authorization
to hunt without a
certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms
(hunter safety certificate).
This bill allows a person under the age of fourteen to hunt small game and game birds without
a hunter safety certificate or
special authorization from the Department if accompanied by a mentor.
The bill provides requirements as to who may
mentor

youth hunting under this new provision. Mentors must be over the age of eighteen and possess a hunter safety certificate (unless otherwise exempt) and a valid Wyoming small game or game bird license. Mentors are not allowed to supervise more than one youth at a time unless
the youth are immediate family members
.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0235

ENROLLED ACT NO. 88,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General
Session

AN ACT relating to game and fish; providing an exception to the hunter safety certificate requirement for hunting small game and game birds with a mentor; specifying requirements; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 23
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2
‑
106(
a), (c) and by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

23
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2
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106
.

Hunter safety; exception.

(a)

Except as provided in subsections (c)
,

and
(d)
and (e)
of this section, no person born on or after January 1, 1966, may take any wildlife by the use of firearms on land other than that of his own family, unless the person possesses or can demonstrate they have obtained a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms as provided by subsection (b) of this section.

(c)

Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a
person who has not received a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms as provided by subsection (b) of this section may apply to the department for a special authorization to take wildlife with the use of a firearm while being accompanied by a person who has attained the age of majority, acting as a mentor, who possesses or can demonstrate he has obtained a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms and who possesses a valid Wyoming hunting license. A mentor shall not provide supervision for more than one (1) person, other than immediate family
members, at a time in the field. The special authorization shall be valid for not more than one (1) year. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as altering the requirements of W.S. 23
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2
‑
102(
a). The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this subsection

and subsection (e) of this section
.

(e)

A person under fourteen (14) years

of age who has not yet received a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms may take small game and game birds without receiving special authorization from the department under subsection (c)
of this section
while being accompanied by a person who has attained the age of majority, acting as a mentor, who possesses or can demonstrate he has obtained a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms
, unless otherwise

exempted as provided in subsection (a) of this section,
and who possesses a valid Wyoming small game or game bird license. A mentor shall not provide supervision for more than one (1) person, other than immediate family
members, at a time in the field.

Section
2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2017.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President
of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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