Preference point amendments.
HB 42 amends Wyoming's hunting license laws to establish a preference point system for resident and nonresident hunters seeking big game licenses (like moose, bighorn sheep, or elk). It allows the Game and Fish Commission to award points based on years of unsuccessful applications and adds a new provision (subsection j) granting one point to resident youth or first-time residents who complete a state-approved hunter safety course. The bill also authorizes nonresidents to pay a nonrefundable fee (up to $75 per species) to accumulate preference points for future license drawings. These changes apply specifically to licenses issued through preference point systems, not random drawings, and affect all hunters applying for limited-quota species in Wyoming.
Bill status
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1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
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Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2019
Last action Feb 27, 2019
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Jan 11, 2019
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
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1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Pat Sweeney
RRepublican
Co
Bill Haley
RRepublican
Co
Bill Henderson
RRepublican
Co
Bill Landen
RRepublican
Co
Bunky Loucks
RRepublican
Co
Eli Bebout
RRepublican
Co
Eric Barlow
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Paxton
RRepublican
Co
Jim Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Liisa Anselmi-Dalton
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Kinner
RRepublican
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