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Committee adopts substitute to create backup shooter bear-hunting license with restrictions
Summary
The committee adopted an H-1 substitute to House Bill 4937, sponsored by Representative Fairbairn, that defines when a backup-shooter license may be used and forbids dispatching a wounded bear while it crosses a state or county road. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and to report the bill, with recorded roll-call approval.
Representative Fairbairn presented an H-1 substitute for House Bill 4937 that limits the backup-shooter license to specific circumstances: when a wounded bear being harvested from a tree has not expired by the time it reaches the ground, or when a bear wounded at a bait site has left the immediate bait site and requires tracking. The substitute also prohibits a backup shooter from attempting to dispatch a bear while it is crossing a state or county road.
Representative Fairbairn moved to adopt the H-1 substitute; the motion prevailed on a roll call (15 yays, 0 nays, 0 pass). The committee then voted to report HB 4937 as H-1; the roll call again recorded 15 yays, 0 nays, 0 pass.
No opposition testimony was recorded on the bill in the committee transcript.
