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HB0029 • 2026

Trapping licenses-nonresident reciprocal licenses.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; clarifying reciprocal requirements for a nonresident trapping license; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Davis
Last action
2026-02-23
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass in its current session.

Clarifying Nonresident Trapping Licenses

This act clarifies that nonresidents can obtain a trapping license in Wyoming only if their home state issues similar reciprocal licenses to Wyoming residents.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends existing law to require nonresidents to provide proof from their home state showing that it issues reciprocal trapping licenses to Wyoming residents for the same species.
  • Requires rulemaking by the game and fish department to implement these changes.
  • Sets an effective date for most of the act's provisions as July 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Nonresident trappers applying for trapping licenses in Wyoming
  • Wyoming Game and Fish Department

Terms To Know

Reciprocal requirements
Conditions that must be met by both states to allow nonresidents from one state to trap the same species as residents of another state.
Rulemaking
The process through which government agencies create rules and regulations based on laws passed by the legislature.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its current session.
  • Specific details about how reciprocity will be enforced are left to future rulemaking by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-23 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2026-02-12 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2026-02-12 House

    H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  4. 2026-02-10 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 42-19-1-0-0

  5. 2026-01-09 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2026-01-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0271
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0271
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0029

Trapping licenses-nonresident reciprocal licenses.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Davis, Schmid and Strock and Senator(s) Boner, Crago and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to game and fish; clarifying reciprocal requirements for a nonresident trapping license; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 23
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2
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303(a) is amended to read:

23
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2
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303.

Trapping licenses; tagging; traps and snares; penalty; confiscation; inspection; interference with trapping.

(a)

Any person may, in the discretion of the department upon application and the payment of the proper fee, receive a license to trap any furbearing animal. The department shall issue a trapping license to a nonresident
only
if
his state issues licenses to Wyoming residents to trap the same species for which residents of that state may be licensed to trap in that state. Any nonresident applying for a Wyoming trapping license shall furnish
all of the following are met
:

(i)

A notarized affidavit stating the applicant's legal address including his
The species applied for can be lawfully trapped in the applicant's
state of residence;
and

(ii)

A copy of the most current statutes or rules and regulations of the applicant's state of residence which show that the state issues nonresident trapping licenses which authorize Wyoming residents to trap the same species for which residents of that
The applicant's
state
may be licensed to trap in that state
issues nonresident trapping licenses that authorize Wyoming residents to trap the same species that residents of that state may be licensed to trap;
.

(iii)

The applicant furnishes all of the following to the department:

(A)

A notarized affidavit stating the applicant's legal address, including the applicant's state of residence;

(B)

A copy of the most current statutes or rules and regulations of the applicant's state of residence that show that the applicant's state issues nonresident trapping licenses that authorize Wyoming residents to trap the same species for which residents of that state may be licensed to trap in that state.

Section 2.

The game and fish department shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 3.

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2026
.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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