Freedom Caucus | Bills Tracker

Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Bill Number	Bill Description	Bill Status
HB 49 Neutral	Resident lifetime hunting and fishing license; authorize Department of Wildlife to issue if parent was born in the state and was on active military service at the time of applicant's birth.	Alive
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HB 515 Good Policy	Training facilities; include in categories eligible for license fee increase proceeds.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill adds training facilities to the list of entities that can receive money from license fees by the wildlife, fisheries, and parks department.
HB 516 Neutral	Conservation officer; decrease minimum years of law enforcement experience required to be appointed a.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill decreases the minimum years to be appointed to a conservation officers from 5 years to 2 years.
HB 517 Bad Policy	Guide and outfitter services licenses; revise annual fee for both residents and nonresidents.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill provides for a large increase in fees for licenses, costing taxpayers more money for unnecessary licenses
HB 769 Neutral	Harvey Moss Wildlife Management Area at Tuscumbia; designate Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area as.	Alive
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HB 904 Bad Policy	Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District; authorize to transfer Kemper Lake to Kemper County Board of Supervisors.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill transfers the Kemper Lake to the Kemper County board of supervisors and then gives them the authority to transfer it to any water management district they chose and exempts it from the normal bid requirement in the code.
HB 923 Neutral	Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery; designate the fish hatchery located in North Mississippi as.	Alive
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HB 976 Neutral	Boats; require validation decal certifying the awarded number to be displayed on each side of vessel.	Dead
	Analysis: This bill clarifies where the validation decal is to be located on a boat.
HB 979 Good Policy	Hunting; provide exeception for recovering mortally wounded animals at night with use of light.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill allows a hunter who has mortally wounded an animal during normal daytime hunting conditions the ability to search for the animal after dark without facing spot-lighting or after-dark hunting violations.
HB 1159 Neutral	Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join.	Dead
	Analysis: The bill allows for cities located in a county that left the waterway to join.
SB 2158 Not Rated	Hunting; require tree stands to be tagged with name and address of owner.	Dead
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SB 2411 Not Rated	Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.	Dead
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SB 2526 Neutral	Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join.	Alive
	Analysis: The bill allows for cities located in a county that left the waterway to join.
SB 2534 Bad Policy	Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; require additional regulation of freshwater fishing guides.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill is a massive fee increase for fishing guides. Making people pay more in fees to provide a product or labor is not conservative.
SB 2535 Not Rated	Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; convert into advisory commission.	Dead
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SB 2536 Not Rated	Transactions in game animals; clarify that any exception to prohibition must appear in same chapter of code.	Dead
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SB 2540 Not Rated	Wildlife; affirm state's duty to protect and defend for public interest.	Dead
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SB 2543 Not Rated	Chronic wasting disease; bring forward code sections for the purpose of possible amendment.	Dead
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SB 2556 Good Policy	Qualifications for appointment as a conservation officer; clarify.	Alive
	Analysis: This bill decreases the minimum years to be appointed to a conservation officers from 5 years to 2 years.
SB 2557 Not Rated	Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Act; bring forward code sections for purpose of possible amendment.	Dead
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SB 2558 Not Rated	MS Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; acquired lands must be for public benefit and use until July 1, 2024.	Dead
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SN 43 Not Rated	David Edward Holman, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, term effective July 14, 2022 and ending June 30, 2025, representing the Fourth Congressional District as it existed July 1, 2022.	Alive
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SN 44 Not Rated	Drew Thomas St. John, II, Madison, Mississippi, Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, term effective July 6, 2022 and ending June 30, 2026, representing the Third Congressional District as it existed July 1, 2022.	Alive
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SN 60 Not Rated	William Malcolm (Billy) Mounger, II, Jackson, Mississippi, Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks as the representative of the Fourth Congressional District, five year term effective July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2027.	Alive
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SN 61 Not Rated	Irvin Lynn Posey, Union Church, Mississippi, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, term effective September 23, 2022.	Alive
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SN 73 Not Rated	Dason Colin (Colin) Maloney, Tupelo, Mississippi, Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, term effective July 6, 2022 and ending June 30, 2026, representing the First Congressional District as it existed July 1, 2022.	Alive
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SN 74 Not Rated	Van Kyle Ray, Yazoo City, Mississippi, Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund, term effective July 14, 2022 and ending June 30, 2025, representing the Second Congressional District as it existed July 1, 2022.	Alive
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SN 94 Not Rated		Alive
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SN 95 Not Rated		Alive
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SN 96 Not Rated		Alive
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KEY:	* = Amended	% = 3/5ths Vote Required	V = Vetoed
	$ = Revenue	@ = Exempted From Deadline	P = Partially Vetoed