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House panel advances bill that would repeal no‑strings tags for some nonresident landowners
Summary
House Bill 907 would repeal a portion of last session’s HB 635 that granted nonresident landowners automatic big‑game licenses for owning 2,500+ acres and would instead offer incentives tied to enrollment in access programs (lowering the acreage threshold to 640 for bonus‑point incentives); the measure passed the committee 13–7 after extensive proponent and opponent testimony about access, conservation and unintended consequences.
House Bill 907, introduced by Minority Leader Katie Sullivan, would change the nonresident landowner preference created in last session’s HB 635 by repealing the automatic allocation of B‑10 combination licenses tied solely to owning 2,500 contiguous acres and instead retaining and reframing incentives for nonresident landowners who enroll land in department‑administered access programs. The bill lowers an acreage threshold used for bonus‑point incentives from 2,500 to 640 acres and standardizes the nonresident bonus‑point application fee at $25.
The hearing drew large turnout and sustained debate. Proponents from hunting and conservation groups argued HB 907 restores equity in license allocation and…
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