Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson R-Escanaba on April 9, 2013
To give the Natural Resources Commission (in addition to the Legislature) the power to designate a species as game and authorize an open hunting season. Also, to allow members of the military to obtain hunting and fishing licenses for free. The bill also contains a modest appropriation that makes it "referendum-proof". Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Natural Resources, Environment & Great Lakes Committee on April 9, 2013
Reported in the Senate on April 16, 2013
With the recommendation that the substitute (S
1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the Senate on April 23, 2013
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 23, 2013
Amendment offered by Sen. Rebekah Warren D-Ann Arbor on April 25, 2013
To prohibit the commission from designating the mourning dove as a huntable game species.
Substitute offered in the Senate on April 25, 2013
To adopt a version of the bill that does not include a modest appropriation intended to make it "referendum-proof," and which prohibits the commission from designating mourning doves as a game species.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 25, 2013
To give the state Natural Resources Commission (in addition to the Legislature) the power to designate a species as a huntable game species. Also, to allow members of the military to obtain hunting and fishing licenses for free. The bill was changed on the floor to prohibit the commission from designating mourning doves as a game species, and to remove a modest appropriation intended to make it "referendum-proof".
Received in the House on April 25, 2013
Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee on April 25, 2013
Reported in the House on May 1, 2013
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered by Rep. Sarah Roberts D-St. Claire Shores on May 1, 2013
To prohibit the commission from allowing hunting on a species rejected by a popular initiative enacted before 2015. This would apply to a potential initiative on wolf hunting.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 1, 2013
Amendment offered by Rep. Sarah Roberts D-St. Claire Shores on May 1, 2013
To submit the proposal to a vote of the people on the November 4, 2014 ballot.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 1, 2013
Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett D-Farmington Hills on May 1, 2013
To prohibit creating a hunting season for cougars.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 1, 2013
Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett D-Farmington Hills on May 1, 2013
To prohibit creating hunting seasons on robins, cardinals, kirtland’s warblers, trumpeter swans or sandhill cranes.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 1, 2013