House Ways and Means - 2026-01-14 - 1:45PM

Ways & Means · January 15, 2026

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Opening: committee returns to Ways & Means and announces topic

Announcement

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Committee chair re-convenes the Ways & Means meeting and introduces the agenda item: a proposed fee from the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Chair frames two questions for the committee: (1) should the department have authority to set the fee, and (2) should the fee exist at all.

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The Ways & Means committee heard a presentation from the Department of Fish and Wildlife proposing a new annual access pass (a ‘conservation license’) for use of Fish & Wildlife access areas to broaden the payer base and raise an estimated $250,000/year; committee members raised questions about exemptions, enforcement, equity, tourism impacts and data behind projected revenues.

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