H559 - Outdoor Heritage Enhanced. (SL 2017-182)

Overview: S.L. 2017-182 expands Sunday hunting with firearms by removing certain restrictions on Sunday hunting on private land, allowing Sunday hunting on game lands, and allowing migratory bird hunting on Sunday subject to the rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC). WRC may not authorize Sunday hunting of migratory birds prior to March 1, 2018, and must complete a study examining biological and resource management impacts, economic impacts, and social impacts associated with hunting migratory birds on Sunday by March 1, 2018. The law now requires any county ordinance prohibiting hunting on Sunday to be approved by a majority of voters in a county-wide referendum.

The portion of the law pertaining to ordinances prohibiting Sunday hunting becomes effective October 1, 2017. The remainder of S.L. 2017-182 became effective July 25, 2017.