Committee work session: motion to recommend 'ought not to pass' on permit-transfer bill passes; final language review reported out on trap-tagging bill

At the committee’s work session the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recorded two formal actions on committee business.

LD 10 50 — a bill that would have allowed certain permit transfers to junior hunters — was the subject of a motion and roll-call vote. Representative Jim Dill moved that the committee recommend "ought not to pass" on LD 10 50; the motion was seconded by Representative Mike Lance. The motion carried unanimously of those members present; three members were absent. The transcript records the motion and a roll-call tally in which all voting members present supported the "ought not to pass" recommendation. No amendment or alternative draft was adopted during the work session.

LD 6 — an act to allow persons to label wild animal traps with an online identification number — underwent a final language review. Committee members reviewed a drafting change that removed language permitting labeling with a hunting or fishing online licensing number (the change reflected that traps are not set using hunting or fishing licenses). The committee completed the final review and authorized the bill to be reported out of committee after the review; no roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript for the language-review item.

Committee members discussed administrative and enforcement implications during the LD 10 50 review, including concerns raised by the department’s law-enforcement representatives about the operational complexity of permit transfers and potential confusion in the field. The committee closed the work session after recording the actions above.