In an effort to keep readers up to date on what’s happening in the current session of the North Dakota legislature, in terms of outdoors-related bills, here’s a look at some of the latest developments

HB 1120, a bill that would have allowed disabled veteran deer hunters to hunt white-tailed deer for five days preceding the youth deer season, using up to 100 licenses per year, failed to pass. The House voted in favor 91-0 but the Senate had a much different view, voting 8-39 to defeat it.

Testimony against approving the bill included concerns that issuing special deer tags, even for disabled veterans, would result in other organizations making similar requests and therefore diminishing the amount of tags available through the general lottery.

The bill to allow fluorescent pink or fluorescent pink or orange camouflage patterns to be worn for big game hunting, SB 2143, had momentum in the Senate where it passed 43-4 before being crushed in the House 14-78. Senator Kristin Roers-R, Fargo, introduced the bill, which she said would allow women to purchase hunting clothing that “fit correctly.” Blaze pink is legal in nine states.

Another bill that had some initial traction failed. SB 2172, the “Moose Bill,” passed the Senate 27-20 before losing in the House 34-78. SB 2172 would have allowed applicants 75 years and older to enter their name twice, rather than once, in the once-in-a-lifetime moose lottery.

Passing both houses of the legislature was HB 1218 and HB 1221. The first allows non-resident landowners to hunt the first seven days of the pheasant season on land they enroll in the PLOTS program. The latter related to an exemption from prohibition against severing hunting rights from surface estates.