The last time we had a lot of right wing firebrands in the Wyoming legislature, they tried to privatize wildlife.
Well, of course, they're back at it:
2025 | STATE OF WYOMING | 25LSO-0576 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0118
Landowner hunting tags-amendments.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Pearson, Boner, Ide, McKeown, Smith, D and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Brady, Heiner, Lien, McCann, Schmid, Webber and Wharff
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing landowners to sell their landowner hunting licenses as specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 23‑1‑302(h) is amended to read:
23‑1‑302. Powers and duties.
(h) For purposes of promoting the maintenance of wildlife habitat and attaining wildlife management objectives pursuant to W.S. 23‑1‑103 and in addition to duties prescribed under paragraph (a)(xiv) of this section, the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the issuance of elk, deer, antelope and turkey hunting licenses to Wyoming landowners without subjection to prescribed means of competitive public issuance. Fees assessed for licenses authorized under this subsection shall be equal to fees prescribed under W.S. 23‑2‑101(j) for each species for which the license is issued. A landowner who has obtained a hunting license under this subsection shall be authorized to sell the hunting license to another person in accordance with the following:
(i) Licenses issued to anyone other than the landowner, including immediate family of the landowner, shall not be eligible for sale under this subsection;
(ii) The purchaser shall be subject to all applicable statutes and regulations concerning hunting licenses pursuant to this subsection;
(iii) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations that govern the sale of hunting licenses and re‑issuance of the hunting license to another person once they have been issued by the department, pursuant to this subsection;
(iv) Licenses that are sold to another person authorized by this subsection shall be exempt from a landowner coupon payment pursuant to W.S. 23‑3‑105(b).
Section 2. The game and fish department shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 3.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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FWIW, as a stockman, the mantra that was put out by the sponsor, Laura Pearson, that "ranchers are hurting right now" is complete bullshit. Time are really good for ranchers right now.