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2003 General Session
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Under current Wyoming law, any Wyoming resident who was born before 1930 and who has resided in Wyoming continuously for at least 40 years may purchase a resident deer or antelope hunting license for two dollars and a resident elk license for five dollars.
The fees for these pioneer hunting licenses are substantially less than the regular fees for resident hunting licenses, which are $22 for antelope, $25 for deer and $35 for elk.
HB 75 changed the eligibility for pioneer licenses and modified the license fees. As introduced, the bill would have applied to any resident who was at least 70 years old and who had resided in Wyoming continuously for at least 50 years. Fees for these licenses would be established by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and would be between 60 and 65% of the regular resident hunting license fees for each species.
HB 75 was amended during House and Senate debate so that a resident who was born before 1930 and who has resided in Wyoming continuously for 40 years still would be able to purchase deer and antelope licenses for two dollars and elk licenses for five dollars.
A resident who was born after January 1, 1930, who is at least 70 years old and who has resided in Wyoming for at least 50 years would be able to purchase elk, deer and antelope licenses for a fee established by the Game and Fish Commission that is between 60 and 65% of the regular resident license fee.
Supporters of HB 75 felt that the pioneer license fees were too low, and should be raised since regular license fees go up fairly regularly to keep pace with rising expenses of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Opponents believed that the pioneer license fees should be kept at the low level they have been historically, to ensure that our oldest hunters are able to continue hunting as long as they are able and want to. Some opponents did not want to extend the second category of reduced price licenses to those hunters who are now between 70 and 73 years of age.
HB 75 passed the House 52-8 and passed the Senate 26-4.
The votes listed below are Third Reading (final passage) votes in the House and Senate.
A YES vote means the legislator supported raising the fee for pioneer hunting licenses for those hunters who are at least 70 years old but were born after 1930, while maintaining fees at previous levels for hunters who were born before 1930.
A NO vote means the legislator did not support changing the fees for pioneer licenses.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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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) | Yes | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | Yes | |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes | |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | Yes | |
| H 27 | Jane Wostenberg (R) | Yes | |
| H 28 | Micheal Baker (R) | Yes | |
| Casper-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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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) | No | |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | Yes | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Yes | |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | Yes | |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | No | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | Yes | |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | No | |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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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) | No | |
| 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) | Yes | |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | Yes | |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | Yes | |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | Yes | |
| 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 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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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) | Yes | |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | No | |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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| S 1 | Bill Barton (R) | Yes | |
| 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) | Yes | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes | |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes | |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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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) | Yes | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | Yes | |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | Yes | |
| South Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | No | |
| 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 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | Yes | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | Yes | |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | No | |
| 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) | No | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes | |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes | |
| West Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/30/03 | Senate 3rd 2/14/03 |
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| S 16 | Delaine Roberts (R) | Yes | |
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | Yes | |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | No | |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | Yes | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | No | |
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | No | |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | |||