2004 House Bill 5914

Require hunter orange on portable blinds

Introduced in the House

May 18, 2004

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Rivet (D-96)

To require that portable hunting blinds be hunter orange in color, and to define hunter orange for garments and blinds as including camouflage designs that are at least 50 percent hunter orange.

Referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor Recreation

June 23, 2004

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 24, 2004

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires the exterior surface of portable blinds on public land to have some hunter orange visible from every direction.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 73 to 29 (details)

To require that the exterior surface of portable blinds used on public land have some hunter orange visible from every direction, and to define hunter orange for garments and blinds as including camouflage designs that are at least 50 percent hunter orange.

Received in the Senate

June 29, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs