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Committee passes DNR housekeeping bill clarifying youth rules, licenses and disability accommodations
Summary
A routine Department of Natural Resources bill updating regulatory language passed committee with provisions that standardize the youth definition (under 16), expand courtesy hunting/fishing provisions for disabled participants, and revise shellfish-harvester licensing.
A House Natural Resources committee passed HB287, a department-sponsored housekeeping measure that updates statutory language and DNR rules, standardizes the legal definition of youth hunters (persons under 16), eases participation for disabled resident and nonresident hunters at department-approved events, and adjusts shellfish-harvester licensing to permit group and unlimited licenses.
Representative Donahue presented the bill, describing it as a routine update to codify DNR board rules and to simplify licensing for the shellfish industry by offering a $200 license covering up to 10 harvesters and a $400 unlimited license. The committee moved and passed the measure by voice vote.
No public opposition was recorded in the transcript; members characterized the bill as "good old housekeeping." The committee advanced HB287 to the next legislative stage.
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