United
Sportsmen
Legislation
2009 Legislative Session
bills monitored
| Bill # | Subject | 1st Chamber Cmte | Hrg Act 1st | Rec Vote 1st | 1st Chamber Action | USND Position | 2nd Chamber Cmte | Hrg Act 2nd | Rec Vote 2nd | 2nd Chamber Action | Conf Cmte | Sign/Veto Date |
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Appropriates $59,566,703 for the Game and Fish Department for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011. |
APPR |
1/14 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Monitor |
NATRES |
3/10 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Pass |
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Parks & Rec appropriations |
APPR |
1/13 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Monitor |
NATRES |
3/9 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Pass |
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Would continue the prohibition of severance of hunting rights from the surface estate. |
NATRES |
1/15 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Support |
NATRES |
3/12 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Would prohibit an individual from engaging, sponsoring, assisting or profiting from the release, hunting or trapping of feral swine |
AGR |
1/15 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Neutral |
AG |
3/5 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Pass |
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Clarifies the current law permitting federal Wildlife Services to control furbearers and deer in cooperation with the North Dakota Agiculture Commissioner and the Game and Fish Director |
NATRES |
1/15 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Monitor |
NATRES |
2/27 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Would allow 13 year olds to participate in the youth deer season if they turn 14 by the opening day of the November deer gun season. Currently, youth must be 14 by the opening day of the youth hunting season. |
NATRES |
1/15 |
DP |
Pass |
Support |
NATRES |
2/27 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Increases the penalty for some individuals with multiple Game and Fish offenses. |
NAT RES |
1/22 |
DP |
Pass |
Neutral |
NATRES |
3/6 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Pass |
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Would change the structure of the nonresident small game and waterfowl license from two 7-day periods to three 5-day periods. |
NATRES |
1/23 |
DNP |
Pass |
Oppose |
NATRES |
2/26 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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make it illegal to hunt unharvested oilseed crops (sunflower, safflower, rapeseed or canola, crambe and flax) without permission of the owner or tenant. |
NATRES |
1/22 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Support |
NAT RES |
3/12 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Would provide an online hunter education course for individuals ages 18 and older; allows 12 year olds to hunt deer for one season before turning age 14; eliminates the fee for a habitat restoration stamp and the fee for doe licenses for residents under age 16; establishes a provisional license for individuals over age 18 that entitles them to hunt for free during any two seasons for which licenses are not issued by lottery; and provides $60,000 to G&F for youth hunting programs. |
NATRES |
1/19 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Oppose Section 2 |
NATRES |
2/26 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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Clarifies that only the owner, or an individual authorized by the owner, may post land. Also defines the standard for the conviction of this offense. |
NATRES |
1/22 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Support |
NAT RES |
3/12 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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Would change agricultural exemption from licensure for guides and outfitters. |
NATRES |
1/22 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Neutral |
NATRES |
3/6 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Relating to snowmobile travel |
TRAN |
1/23 |
DP |
Pass |
Neutral |
TRAN |
3/12 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Relating to local permits and charity local permits |
GVA |
2/6 |
DP |
Pass |
Neutral |
GVA |
3/5 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Relating to the possession of a firearm in a park |
POLSUB |
2/12 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Neutral |
POLSUB |
3/12 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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A BILL for an Act to provide legislative findings and to authorize the governor to direct the seizure of certain land and transfer that land to the board of university and school lands |
AGR |
1/30 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Support |
AGR |
3/13 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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Relating to obstruction of section lines and highways |
TRAN |
2/12 |
DP |
Pass |
Neutral |
TRAN |
3/13 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Would change the dates to April 1 through August 14 when professional gun dog trainers are prohibited from training dogs in the field. |
NATRES |
2/05 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Oppose |
NATRES |
3/5 |
DNP-A |
Fail |
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Would appropriate $30 million from the state treasury to the Department of Transportation to pave access roadways to Lake Sakakawea. |
TRAN APPR |
2/12 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Neutral |
TRAN |
3/12 |
DNP |
Fail |
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Clarifies that a guide or outfitter license is not required for a person who refers an individual to a guide or outfitter. |
NATRES |
2/05 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Oppose |
NATRES |
3/12 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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A concurrent resolution urging Congress to amend federal law to allow North Dakota resident sharpshooters to take elk in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. |
NATRES |
1/22 |
DP-A |
Adopted |
Support |
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2/12 |
DP |
Adopted |
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2/19 |
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A concurrent resolution urging Congress not to replace “navigable water” with “waters of the United States” in any Clean Water Act-related legislation considered by Congress |
AGR |
2/12 |
DP-A |
Adopted |
Neutral |
AGR |
3/20 |
DP-A |
Adopted |
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A concurrent resolution urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service not to list the black-tailed prairie dog, cynomys ludovicianus, as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. |
NATRES |
2/12 |
DP |
Adopted |
Support |
NAT RES |
3/19 |
DP-A |
Adopted |
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Relating to the length of legislative sessions |
CON |
2/25 |
DNP |
Fail |
Monitor |
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Relating to the length of legislative sessions |
CON |
3/2 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would allow individuals who have not taken the hunter education course to be issued an apprentice hunter validation, entitling them to hunt small game and deer for only one license year in a lifetime. |
NATRES |
1/15 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Oppose |
NATRES |
3/6 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Pass |
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Would create a season-long nonresident small game license for $125, with $40 designated for the PLOTS program. |
NATRES |
1/29 10:00 am |
DNP |
FL Amnd |
Oppose |
NATRES |
3/5 |
DNP |
Fail |
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Would provide for a study of lands along the Sibley and Sully historic trails for purposes of historical education, heritage tourism and access for public hunting. |
POL SUB |
1/29 |
DP |
Pass |
Support |
POLSUB |
3/13 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Safety fees for snowmobiles |
TRAN APPR |
2/11 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Neutral |
TRAN |
3/6 |
DP |
Pass |
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Sign |
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Relating to a reciprocal licensure to carry a firearm or dangerous weapon concealed |
JUD |
2/2 |
DP-A |
Pass |
Neutral |
JUD APPR |
3/10 |
DP-A |
Pass |
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A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study the leasing of state lands. |
EDU |
3/2 |
DP |
Adopted |
Neutral |
EDU |
3/16 |
DP |
Adopted |
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Legislation that failed
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An individual prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a firearm may not apply to the department for any license to hunt any big or small game or fur-bearers in this state |
NATRES |
1/15 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Liability of owners of recreational lands |
NAT RES |
1/23 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would prohibit the use of state and federal funds to regulate any enclosed big game or farmed elk facilities. |
AGR |
1/23 |
DNP-A |
Fail |
Oppose |
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Would require the address or telephone number in addition to the name on all posting signs. |
NATRES |
1/22 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would change the structure of the nonresident small game license by making it valid for up to 14 days in periods of at least three consecutive days each. |
NATRES |
1/23 |
DNP |
Fail |
Oppose |
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Would allow an individual fishing from shore to use up to four poles. |
NATRES |
1/22 |
DNP |
Fail |
Oppose |
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Bows with an axle-to-axle length under thirty inches may not be used to take wildlife |
NATRES |
WITHDRAWN |
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Relating to liability of owners of recreation lands |
NATRES |
1/23 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would appropriate $1.7 million out of the general fund in the state treasury to the Game and Fish Department for constucting a paved roadway and boat ramp near the marina at Arrowhead Point near New Town. |
NATRES |
1/23 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would reduce the boating and hunting under the influence law from .10 to .08. |
TRAN |
2/12 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Relating to recreational grants |
APPR |
1/27 |
DNP |
Fail |
Support |
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Would allow a person with certain disabilities who is eligible for a gratis license to designate another hunter to shoot their deer. |
NATRES |
2/05 |
DNP |
Fail |
Monitor |
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A BILL for an Act to create a parks and recreation department county park matching grant pilot program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date |
APPR |
1/27 |
DNP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would replace the social security number with a distinguishing number for a Game and Fish license applicant. |
NATRES |
1/15 |
DNP-A |
Fail |
Monitor |
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Would require a resident to purchase a small game license at age 18 instead of 16, and eliminates license fees for residents under age 18. |
NAT RES |
1/22 |
DP-A |
Fail |
Oppose |
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Relating to requirements for easements, servitudes, and nonappurtenant restrictions |
FINTAX |
2/16 |
DP |
Fail |
Neutral |
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Would prohibit an individual from feeding big game and hunting big game over bait. |
NATRES |
2/12 |
DNP |
Fail |
Oppose |
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To provide funding for water project features constructed to control aquatic nuisance species |
NATRES |
2/13 |
DNP |
Fail |
Oppose |
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A concurrent resolution urging the Congress of the United States to require the United States Department of the Interior to make use of volunteers to reduce the projected elk overpopulation at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
NATRES |
2/12 |
DNP |
Fail |
Support |
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