The House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism adopted an H‑1 substitute to House Bill 4855 on a unanimous roll-call and voted to report the bill to the committee on Rules.

Representative Amy Preston, sponsor of HB 4855, told the committee the substitute “clarifies that a sidearm carried for personal protection cannot be used to attempt to take game or to dispatch game unless it possesses a threat to the hunter's life.” The substitute was adopted on a roll-call vote announced by the clerk as 15 yays, 0 nays and 0 passes.

After adoption, Representative Preston moved that the committee report HB 4855 as H‑1 with a recommendation to refer the bill to the committee on Rules. The clerk again recorded 15 yays, 0 nays and 0 passes and the motion prevailed.

No formal proponent or opponent testimony was taken at the time the committee adopted the substitute; the committee moved the bill forward for further consideration in Rules.