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HB0204 • 2025
Nonresident fishing license fee increase.
AN ACT relating to game and fish; increasing nonresident fishing license fees; and providing for an effective date.
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Did Not Pass
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
- Sponsor
- Representative Byron
- Last action
- 2025-02-10
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2025
Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not provide specific details about the bill's failure or further actions that might affect its status.
Increase in Nonresident Fishing License Fees
The bill proposes to increase the fees for nonresidents buying fishing licenses in Wyoming.
What This Bill Does
- Increases the cost of a nonresident annual fishing license from $100.00 to $110.00.
- Raises the price of a nonresident daily fishing license from $12.00 to $14.00.
- Boosts the fee for a nonresident five-day consecutive day fishing license from $54.00 to $60.00.
Who It Names or Affects
- Nonresidents who want to fish in Wyoming and need to buy fishing licenses.
Terms To Know
- Nonresident
- A person who is not a resident of the state where they are buying a fishing license.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill did not pass and was not considered by the Committee of the Whole (COW).
- Since the bill did not pass, there were no changes to the fees for nonresidents purchasing fishing licenses in Wyoming.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
HB0204HS001
Standing Committee • House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Re
Filed
Plain English: The amendment changes the wording of the bill to specify a twelve-month nonresident fishing license and increases the fee from $14.00 to $16.00.
- Adds language specifying that the nonresident fishing license is for twelve months.
- Increases the nonresident fishing license fee from $14.00 to $16.00.
Bill History
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2025-02-10
House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
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2025-01-23
House
H Placed on General File
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2025-01-23
House
H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
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2025-01-17
House
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
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2025-01-16
House
H Received for Introduction
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2025-01-15
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Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
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25LSO-0591
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0591
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0204
Nonresident fishing license fee increase.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Byron, Brown, L, Larson, JT, Schmid, Williams, Winter and Wylie and Senator(s) Crago, Dockstader, Gierau, Hicks and Landen
A BILL
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AN ACT relating to game and fish; increasing nonresident fishing license fees; 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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201(d)(ii), (vi) and (ix) is amended to read:
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201.
Fees; restrictions; verification of residency required.
(d)
The following fishing licenses may be purchased for the fee indicated in addition to the applicable fee under W.S. 23
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701 and subject to the limitations provided:
(ii)
Nonresident fishing license.........
$100.00
$110.00
(vi)
Nonresident daily fishing license....
$12.00
$14.00
(ix)
Nonresident five (5) consecutive day fishing license......................................
$54.00
$60.00
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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