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Committee adopts substitute for bill allowing possession of pistol by bow hunter with limits
Summary
The committee adopted an H-1 substitute to House Bill 4855, sponsored by Representative Preston, clarifying that a sidearm carried for personal protection by a bow hunter cannot be used to take or dispatch game unless the hunter's life is threatened. The committee voted unanimously to adopt the substitute and to report the bill to Rules.
Representative Preston presented an H-1 substitute to House Bill 4855 to clarify that a sidearm carried for personal protection by a bow hunter cannot be used to attempt to take game or to dispatch game unless it poses a threat to the hunter's life.
Representative Preston moved to adopt the H-1 substitute; the clerk called the roll and the substitute passed on a recorded vote (15 yays, 0 nays, 0 pass). Representative Preston then moved to report HB 4855 as H-1 with the recommendation that the bill be referred to the committee on Rules; that motion also prevailed on a recorded roll call (15 yays, 0 nays, 0 pass).
No agency witness spoke against the bill; the transcript records Chris Emerick from the Department of Natural Resources as "not wishing to speak, supporting the bill."
