Congressional Sportsmen Foundation: Tracking The Capitols April 28th 2009
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 2:21 PMCongressional Sportsmen Foundation: Tracking The Capitols April 28th 2009
Congressional Sportsmen Foundation: Tracking The Capitols Report
Any Capital City, USA - -(AmmoLand.com)- Welcome to this weeks issue of the weekly “Tracking the Capitols” report.
Tracking the Capitols is a weekly news source of legislation currently being tracked by the CSF and NASC policy team. Inclusion in this report does not necessarily constitute support or opposition by CSF and/or NASC to a particular bill. For information on CSFand/or NASC positions on legislation included in this report please contact Gary Kania, Bethany Erb, or Jennifer Lundy.
IN THE STATES
Microstamping (ISSUE BRIEF)
New York SB 4397 (AB 6468) would require semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition.
Constitutional Amendments (Right to Hunt and Fish)
Michigan HJR 20 would establish hunting; hunting, trapping, and fishing as a constitutional right.
Veterans and Active Duty Military
Idaho SB 1008 was signed into law on April 8 to provide military veterans with free hunting and fishing licenses, and to provide for the issuance of free wild game permits and tags.
New York AB 7682 (SB 3210) would provide for lifetime sportsman licenses for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.
Internet Hunting (ISSUE BRIEF)
Wyoming HB 207 was recently signed into law and prohibits the use of software to remotely hunt wildlife.
Deer Contraceptives
Wyoming HB 4 was recently enacted and provides for regulation of the administration of immunocontraceptives in wildlife.
Utah SB 13 sponsored by Sportsmen’s Caucus Chair Senator Margaret Dayton and signed into law on March 25 prohibits a person from administering a substance to wildlife, except in certain circumstances.
Other
New Mexico HB 594 sponsored by Sportsmen’s Caucus Chair and NASC EC Member Candy Ezzell and signed by the Governor on April 8 provides for the control of feral hogs..
Alabama HB 951 is an act to establish a special disabled person’s hunting license to be valid on a continuous basis during the period of total disability and sets an issuance fee.
About:
We can have the best wildlife habitat imaginable and a record number of people who buy fishing and hunting licenses, but it won’t matter if misguided laws and regulations are made at the federal and state levels that negatively impact our outdoor traditions. Keeping sportsmen’s issues front and center is what the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation does. Day in and day out, our sole focus is on providing a voice for sportsmen in the political arena. Serving as the first line of defense in protecting America’s outdoor traditions as well as promoting the sportsmen’s agenda through the collective muscle of sportsmen’s caucuses.
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