Introduced:
01/04/2017
Sponsor: Representative William R. Tuell, Member, Maine Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Guns (General)
Summary:
Establishes certification standards and a training program for the state supervisor of the forest protection unit of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and forest rangers.
Status:
128th Legislature, First Regular Session adjourned. Carried over to next session on August 2
Introduced:
03/02/2017
Sponsor:
Representative Stephen S. Stanley
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Reduces the number of moose hunting permits that may be issued to nonresidents from 10% to 8% and allows up to 2% of moose hunting permits to be issued to hunting outfitters instead of basing the number of permits issued to hunting outfitters upon the number of permits available over 3,140, which is the current law.
Status:
128th Legislature, First Regular Session adjourned. Carried over to next session on August 2
Introduced:
04/06/2017
Sponsor: Representative Ellie Espling, Member, Maine Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Public Access to Private Lands
Summary:
Provides a specified sum per year to the Landowner Relations Fund, which funds the landowner relations program within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to improve or maintain good relationships between landowners and outdoor recreationists.
Status:
128th Legislature, First Regular Session adjourned. Carried over to next session on August 2
Introduced:
03/08/2017
Sponsor: Representative Bradley H. Jones, Member, Massachusetts Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Increases the limit on tax credits for donations of certified land to public or private conservation agencies.
Status:
From Joint Committee on Revenue: Amended by substitution of New Draft. For further action see H 3855 on August 3
Introduced:
03/08/2017
Sponsor: Representative Stephen Kulik, Member, Massachusetts Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Increases the maximum tax credit allowed for land conservation incentives.
Status:
From Joint Committee on Revenue: Amended by substitution of New Draft. For further action see H 3855 on August 3
Introduced:
07/31/2017
Sponsor:
Joint Committee on Revenue
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Relates to land conservation incentives.
Status:
New Draft for S 1585, S 1586, S 1657, H 2607 and H 2614. To House Committee on Ways and Means on August 3
Introduced:
01/23/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Relates to land conservation incentives.
Status:
From Joint Committee on Revenue: Amended by substitution of New Draft. For further action see H 3855 on August 3
Introduced:
01/23/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Relates to land conservation.
Status:
From Joint Committee on Revenue: Amended by substitution of New Draft. For further action see H 3855 on August 3
Introduced:
01/23/2017
Sponsor:
Senator Bruce E. Tarr
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Increases the land conservation tax credit.
Status:
From Joint Committee on Revenue: Amended by substitution of New Draft. For further action see H 3855 on August 3
Introduced:
02/16/2016
Sponsor: Senator Jeff Van Drew, Member, New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus
Issue Brief:
Dog Tethering
Summary:
Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals and service animals, and for tethering of dogs; provides that it is unlawful to expose any dog, domestic companion animal or service animal to adverse environmental conditions for more than specified minutes, unless the animal has continuous access to proper shelter; provides for evacuation with such animals due to emergencies.
Status:
Signed by Governor on August 7
Introduced:
03/07/2016
Sponsor: Senator Jeff Van Drew, Member, New Jersey Angling and Hunting Conservation Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Designates the striped bass, Morone saxatilis, as the New Jersey saltwater fish; redesignates the brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, as the New Jersey State Freshwater Fish.
Status:
Signed by Governor on August 7
Introduced:
01/30/2017
Sponsor:
Assembly Member Steve Englebright
Issue Brief:
Hunter Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation
Summary:
Relates to youth pheasant hunting days on Long Island.
Status:
To Governor on August 9
Introduced:
05/11/2017
Sponsor: Assembly Member Addie Jenne, Member, New York Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Relates to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater; extends effectiveness of provisions for two years.
Status:
To Governor on August 9
Introduced:
05/15/2017
Sponsor: Assembly Member Brian Kolb, Member, New York Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Makes provisions authorizing big game hunting in Seneca county permanent.
Status:
To Governor on August 9
Introduced:
03/06/2017
Sponsor: Senator Robert Ortt, Member, New York Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
General
Summary:
Amends the Environmental Conservation Law; authorizes hunting of big game with rifles in the county of Orleans.
Status:
To Governor on August 9
