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2003 General Session
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HB 67 strengthened Wyoming's law prohibiting the use of aircraft as a hunting aid.
It is already illegal to harass, pursue, hunt, shoot or kill any Wyoming wildlife except predators with, from or by use of a variety of motorized vehicles, including cars, trucks, trailers, other motor-propelled wheeled vehicles, snowmobiles or other over-snow vehicles, and aircraft.
HB 67 further specified that no one could use any aircraft to aid in the taking of wildlife (except predators) by locating the animals, communicating with a person on the ground who is hunting, or providing any other aid to any person who is hunting.
The House amended HB 67 to make the prohibition on the use of aircraft applicable only within 48 hours before an attempt to hunt the wildlife.
Supporters of HB 67 believed that using aircraft as a hunting aid is ethically indefensible, and causes all hunting to be more vulnerable to criticism from animal rights advocates and others who oppose hunting. They contended that most hunters in Wyoming oppose the use of aircraft as a hunting aid, and that the bad behavior of a few individuals is having a harmful affect on all hunters. They were concerned that the increasing popularity of ultralight aircraft is leading to more aircraft-assisted hunting, noting that reports of such activity using ultralights are increasing.
Opponents felt that the problem isn't widespread or common enough to warrant additional regulations. Some opponents worried about an innocent party being involved in an accidental infraction of the new regulations. For example, a rancher might look for livestock from an airplane, see some wildlife, innocently mention it later to a hunter, and then get into trouble with an overzealous Game and Fish Department. Game and Fish Department officials did not view this as a likely scenario.
HB 67 passed the House 58-1 (one excused) and passed the Senate 22-8.
The votes listed below are Third Reading (final passage) votes in the House and Senate.
A YES vote means the legislator supported adding language to Wyoming law to specify that aircraft cannot be used as an aid in hunting
A NO vote means the legislator did not support strengthening our current prohibition against using aircraft to hunt wildlife in Wyoming.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | Yes | |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | Yes | |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | Yes | |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | No | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | Yes | |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes | |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | No | |
| H 27 | Jane Wostenberg (R) | Yes | |
| H 28 | Micheal Baker (R) | Yes | |
| Casper-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | Yes | |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | Yes | |
| H 36 | Liz Gentile (D) | Yes | |
| S 28 | Keith Goodenough (D) | Yes | |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | Yes | |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | Yes | |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | Yes | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Excused | |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | Yes | |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | Yes | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | Yes | |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | Yes | |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 4 | April Brimmer Kunz (R) | Yes | |
| H 7 | Tony Ross (R) | Yes | |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | Yes | |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | Yes | |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | Yes | |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | Yes | |
| S 6 | Rich Cathcart (D) | Yes | |
| H 9 | Wayne Johnson (R) | Yes | |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes | |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | Yes | |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | Yes | |
| H 43 | Ed Prosser (R) | Yes | |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | No | |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | Yes | |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | Yes | |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | No | |
| H 31 | Jene Jansen (R) | Yes | |
| H 52 | George McMurtrey (R) | Yes | |
| S 24 | Richard A. Erb (R) | Yes | |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | Yes | |
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | Yes | |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | No | |
| H 33 | Harry Tipton (R) | Yes | |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | Yes | |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | Yes | |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | No | |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | Yes | |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 1 | Bill Barton (R) | No | |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | Yes | |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | Yes | |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | Yes | |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | Yes | |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | Yes | |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | No | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes | |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes | |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | Yes | |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | Yes | |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes | |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | No | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | Yes | |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | Yes | |
| South Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | Yes | |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | Yes | |
| H 45 | Lorna Johnson (D) | Yes | |
| S 10 | Irene Devin (R) | Yes | |
| H 14 | Phil Nicholas (R) | Yes | |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | Yes | |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | Yes | |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | Yes | |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | Yes | |
| Southwest WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | Yes | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | Yes | |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | Yes | |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | Yes | |
| H 17 | Fred Parady (R) | Yes | |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | Yes | |
| S 14 | Larry Caller (D) | Yes | |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | Yes | |
| H 39 | Chris Boswell (D) | Yes | |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | Yes | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes | |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes | |
| West Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/27/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 |
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| S 16 | Delaine Roberts (R) | Yes | |
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | Yes | |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | Yes | |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | Yes | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | Yes | |
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | Yes | |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | |||