2019 House Bill 4687

Senate Roll Call 317: Passed

To explicitly permit deer and elk baiting for hunting, and feeding deer and elk during hunting season. Baiting would be limited to 5 gallons of bait at a bait site, and one bait site per hunting site, with bait items that are no larger than a sugar beet. Separately, the bill would also establish that feeding wild birds or other wildlife is permissible if done in such a manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed. The bill is a response to a baiting ban imposed by a state Natural Resources Commission in 2018.

21 Yeas / 14 Nays
Republican (20 Yeas / 1 Nay)
Democrat (1 Yea / 13 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (3)