Bills

SB 3043: DLNR; HUNTING; FERAL PIGS; GAME MAMMALS; ANIMAL CRUELTY; DOG WELFARE STANDARDS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-01-26: Passed First Reading.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules regarding safe and humane hunting practices of feral pigs and hunting dog welfare standards.  Establishes requirements for the hunter education program instruction.  Includes the use of dogs to torture wildlife or game mammals as torture in the second degree.

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