SF0015 • 2026

Landowner hunting licenses-limitation.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the game and fish commission to establish limits on the number of landowner hunting licenses issued in any limited quota hunt area as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture Land

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and has no legal effect as of now.

Limiting Landowner Hunting Licenses

The bill allows the game and fish commission to set limits on how many hunting licenses landowners can get in certain areas, ensuring at least 40% of licenses are available for public purchase.

What This Bill Does

Gives the game and fish commission power to limit the number of hunting licenses given to landowners in specific hunting areas.
Requires that not less than forty percent (40%) of hunting licenses must be open for public purchase, not just for landowners.

Who It Names or Affects

Landowners who want to get hunting licenses in limited quota hunt areas.
Public hunters looking to buy hunting licenses.

Terms To Know

Limited Quota Hunt Area: A specific area where the number of hunting licenses is controlled and limited.
Landowner Hunting Licenses: Hunting permits given to people who own land in certain areas.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass, so it has no legal effect.
It only applies to elk, deer, antelope and turkey hunting licenses.

Bill History

2026-02-09 Senate
S Failed Introduction 9-22-0-0-0
2026-01-05 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2025-12-04 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0176
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0176
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0015

Landowner hunting licenses-limitation.

Sponsored by: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the game and fish commission to establish limits on the number of landowner hunting licenses issued in any limited quota hunt area as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 23
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302(h) is amended to read:

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302.

Powers and duties.

(h)

For purposes of promoting the maintenance of wildlife habitat and attaining wildlife management objectives pursuant to W.S. 23
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103 and in addition to duties prescribed under paragraph (a)(xiv) of this section, the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the issuance of elk, deer, antelope and turkey hunting licenses to Wyoming landowners without subjection to prescribed means of competitive public issuance.
The commission may promulgate rules to limit the number of landowner hunting licenses issued under this subsection in any limited quota hunt area when deemed necessary to maintain the public hunting opportunity, provided that not less than forty percent (40%) of the hunting licenses in a limited quota hunt area shall be made available to landowners.

The remaining licenses that are not issued to landowners shall revert to the limited quota hunt area to be purchased by the public.

Fees assessed for licenses authorized under this subsection shall be equal to fees prescribed under W.S. 23
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101(j) for each species for which the license is issued.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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