WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Reallocates money received from fur trapping licenses (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
This bill modifies how money collected from fur trapping licenses is handled in the state budget. It changes the language to ensure that all fees paid for these licenses are reallocated to wildlife and fisheries programs rather than being tied specifically to the sale of the licenses themselves. The amendment directly affects the state's natural resources budget by clarifying the source of funds used to support these conservation efforts. No new programs are created, but the text is adjusted to broaden the description of the revenue being redirected.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Mar 27, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ryan Bourriaque
RRepublican
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