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Outdoors bills passed, considered by North Dakota Legislature

ANS bill on track for passage

Kim Fundingsland/MDN The “no trespass” bill has yet to have a final vote on the House side of the State Legislature. The bill, which seeks to create a database for land either open or closed to hunting, had earlier passed the Senate.

Proposed legislation dubbed the “no trespass” bill remains under discussion at the committee level at the State Legislature. Senate Bill 2315, which would create a data base to identify private land open or closed to hunting, passed the Senate by a 28-18 margin earlier in the session.

The bill was moved to the House where it has twice been through extensive testimony before the Agriculture Committee. As of Friday the bill had not been acted upon at the committee level and had not yet been scheduled for a vote on the House floor.

In recent voting, legislators approved the use of dogs in the recovery of big game animals, such as deer. The bill passed the Senate 33-13 and the House 92-0.

Bills that have left committee and have been placed on the calendar for future floor votes in either the Senate or the House, include SB 2342. Known as the “air boat” bill, SB 2342 would regulate excessive noise produced by air boats, only one of which is known to be operated by a private individual on state waters. The bill earlier passed the Senate 37-9 and has received a “do pass” recommendation by the House Natural Resources Committee.

Also receiving a “do pass” recommendation by the House Natural Resources Committee is SB 2293, a bill that would create an aquatic nuisance species program fund to be administered by the Game and Fish Department. The bill would add $15 to the cost of motorboat licenses, $3 to resident combination and fishing licenses and $6 to non-resident fishing and waterfowl hunting licenses. The bill passed the Senate 45-2. A vote on the House floor is pending.

Two other pieces of legislation that passed the House and have received “do pass” recommendations at the committee level in the Senate, have been placed on the calendar for a future up or down vote. HB 1366 would allow “battery-powered and electronic-lighted sight pins and telescopic sights” for an individual who is “blind, is a paraplegic, or who has lost the use of one or both arms” and has a special permit to hunt with a crossbow.

HB 1412, which would allow the use of “digital night vision, thermal vision or infrared light” while hunting coyote, fox, raccoon or beaver, has also been placed on the calendar for a final vote in the Senate.

On Friday senators voted to pass HB 1503 by a 43-0 margin. The bill now goes to the governor for his signature. HB 1503, which passed the House 74-16, would require an individual who enters private property to install a recording device, such as a game camera, must first receive permission to do so.

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