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Senate approves bill limiting nonresident waterfowl hunting days on department lands and raising habitat-stamp fees
Summary
Senate Bill 213 passed after the Committee of the Whole recommended passage; the bill limits nonresident waterfowl hunting days on department lands and sets maximum migratory-waterfowl habitat stamp fees for residents and nonresidents.
The Kansas Senate passed Senate Bill 213 on March 12, 2025. The bill restricts nonresident waterfowl hunters to Sunday through Tuesday on state department lands and certain federal lands administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the restriction does not apply to private lands, walk-in hunting properties, or navigable rivers in Kansas.
Senator Peck, explaining the bill in the Committee of the Whole, said the restriction applies only to department lands and to certain federal properties and that the measure exempts private lands and walk-in-hunting properties. The committee also set a maximum fee for the migratory waterfowl habitat stamp: up to $20 for residents and up to $100 for nonresidents.
The committee’s report recommending the bill’s passage was adopted on the floor and the Senate voted to pass the bill. The transcript records the committee report and the motion to adopt; it does not record a detailed roll-call tally in the excerpt provided.
Senators characterized the bill as a targeted change to hunting access on state-administered lands and an adjustment to habitat-stamp fee caps that affect resident and nonresident hunters differently.
