Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator The Wildlife Traffic Safety Act (SB 395) passed out of the California Legislature and was signed into law by the Governor at the end of the 2019 session. SB 395 gained the nickname “the Roadkill Bill” because it would allow for the salvage of wild game meat from deer,…
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On January 8, the Connecticut Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus gathered in Hartford for the first meeting of the year, serving as an opportunity to discuss Caucus infrastructure, upcoming events, and state and federal policy priorities. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) was in attendance, along with the Connecticut Department of…
Contacts: Upper Midwestern States Manager Nick Buggia & Lower Midwestern States Coordinator Kent Keene With state legislative sessions beginning across much of the Midwest, members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundations’ (CSF) States Program Team are hard at work tracking legislation throughout the region. Working with the members of each state’s Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, regional staff…
January 13, 2019 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – On January 9, the Senate passed S. 3051, the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act, by amending the bill into H.R. 925, the North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act, which passed the House in late November. The language contained in the ACE Act, which was introduced on December 12 and passed out of…
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On January 8, Virginia Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Member Delegate Hyland “Buddy” Fowler introduced legislation that would increase the penalties for various hunting, fishing and trapping violations. Specifically, HB 449 would provide that any person convicted of violating laws prohibiting hunting or fishing out of season, exceeding bag or…
Contact: Kent Keene, Lower Midwestern States Coordinator The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) and the Oklahoma Wildlife Commission are currently seeking public comments on a series of 34 rule changes that have been proposed for 2020. These proposed changes include, among other things, amendments to: sport fish length requirements and bag limits, permitted activities on…