relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game.

This bill proposes to allow hunters to use air rifles with a caliber of .30 or greater to hunt small game in areas where only handguns are typically permitted. It explicitly prohibits using these air rifles to hunt larger animals such as moose, bear, turkey, and deer. The specific rules for how and where small game may be hunted with air rifles would be determined by the executive director through future regulations. The changes would take effect 60 days after the bill is passed.