MS SB2642 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Section 49-7-26, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Establish A Physical Tagging Program And A Reporting Program To Collect Harvest Data And Monitor Bag Limit Compliance By Resident And Nonresident Deer Hunters; To Clarify That The Authority Of The Department To Establish A Tagging And Reporting Program For Turkey Relates To Physical Tagging; To Remove The Fee The Department Was Previously Authorized To Charge For A Tagging Program; To Specify Certain Requirements For Annual Reporting To The Legislature; To Impose Fines And An Administrative Fee On Residents In Violation Of The Deer Tagging And Harvest Reporting Program; To Specify That Any Tagging Program Shall Require The Physical Tagging Of The Meat Or, In The Case Of Deer, Antlers Prior To The Transportation Of The Animal; To Direct The Department To Cause A Mobile Phone App To Be Developed Enabling The Hunter To Provide Tagging Information To The Department At The Time Of Tagging; To Direct The Department To Develop A System For Reporting Unused Tags In Order To Allocate Them For The Following Year; To Prohibit Taxidermists And Wild Game Processors From Accepting Animals Subject To A Tagging Program Without First Having Verified That The Animals Have Been Tagged; To Provide That Any Tagging And Reporting Program Established Under This Section Shall Be Funded By Legislative Appropriation; To Authorize The Department To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Implement This Act; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Physical tagging and harvest reporting programs; direct Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to establish for deer.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-03-05 | Senate | Died In Committee |
2024-02-19 | Senate | Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks |
Code Citations
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2642.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2642IN.htm |