WyomingEligible hunters can receive donated licenses under state rules
Eligible hunters may receive donated licenses at no fee, while Wyoming's game and fish commission must make rules to carry out the law.
What it does
Eligible people may receive donated hunting licenses at no fee. A nonprofit that provides hunting opportunities must select and sponsor them, and the license must match the donated license's species, area, and type.
The commission must make rules needed to carry out the law.
Argument forEligible hunters could receive a donated license without paying its fee, which may help them take part in a hunt.
Argument againstBecause a donated license must match its original species, area, and type, it could limit a recipient's hunting options.
More detail
The law allows donated hunting licenses to be reissued to eligible people. Eligible recipients include veterans with disabilities, people with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs, people with life-threatening illnesses, and people who are vision impaired as established by commission rules. A nonprofit that provides hunting opportunities must select and sponsor the recipient. The recipient pays no fee. The donated license cannot be sold, traded, auctioned, or offered for money. The reissued license is exempt from certain residency, drawing, and repeat-license limits stated in the law. These license provisions take effect July 1, 2026.
The game and fish commission must make rules needed to carry out the law. The duty applies to Wyoming's game and fish commission. This rulemaking section took effect when the acts necessary for the bill to become law were completed.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 8Assigned Chapter Number 77Latest
- Mar 8Governor Mark Gordon Signed SEA No. 0057Became Law
- Mar 6H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0057
- Mar 5S President Signed SEA No. 0057
- Vote recorded S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5Assigned Number SEA No. 0057
- Mar 5S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
- Mar 5S Received for Concurrence
- Mar 4H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Mar 3H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 26H Placed on General File
- Vote recorded H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 24H Introduced and Referred to H06 - TravelMinor
- Feb 24H Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 23S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0Passed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 20S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 17S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 10S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 27-3-1-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 27-3-1-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 4Bill Number AssignedIntroduced