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Committee votes to repeal deer-specific firearm statute as code cleanup
Summary
The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee passed Senate Bill 15 to repeal an Arkansas statute that applied specifically to deer hunting; sponsors and committee members said other criminal and civil statutes remain available to address reckless or negligent firearm discharges.
At a meeting of the Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee, members voted to pass Senate Bill 15, a proposal to repeal a statute that singled out deer hunting for penalties related to firearm discharge, committee members said.
Sponsor Senator Justin Boyd said the repeal was a recommendation of a Game and Fish subcommittee review and that the statute appeared to date from a time when other big-game hunting…
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