HB 2896: Game and fish; lifetime licenses; nonresident property owners; license amount; effective date; emergency. - Oklahoma

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to replace the entire text with a floor version that standardizes the formatting and removes the 'Proposed Policy Committee' branding, replacing it with 'Committee Substitute' and adding co-authors from the Senate. The substantive policy content regarding license fees, eligibility, and effective dates remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain the same; the change is primarily a procedural update to reflect the bill's progression from a committee substitute to a floor version.

TECHNICAL

The header was changed from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' to reflect the bill's current status in the legislative process.

A Senate co-author (Murdock) was added to the byline, indicating the bill now has bipartisan sponsorship.

Internal committee amendment markers, page footers, and the 'Proposed Policy' title were removed to prepare the text for floor consideration.

House Committee Substitute → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended by the Policy Committee to update the title and restructure the text to conform to previous legislative changes. The substantive policy content regarding license fees and eligibility remains unchanged, but the document formatting, page numbering, and internal tracking numbers were updated to reflect the committee's review.

TECHNICAL

The document title and header were updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to reflect the legislative stage.

Page footers and internal tracking numbers were updated to reflect the new committee version.

Minor text formatting adjustments were made to align the bill text with the amended version of the law.

Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from an introduced version to a House Committee Substitute, which added a new eligibility requirement for nonresidents to purchase lifetime licenses. Previously, nonresidents only needed to own real property in Oklahoma; now they must own at least 160 acres, hold title individually (not in a trust or business), own the land for at least one year, and have paid property taxes. The text also includes minor formatting corrections to section headers and page numbering.

Scope change

The scope of eligibility for nonresident lifetime fishing and hunting licenses was narrowed by adding specific acreage, ownership structure, duration, and tax payment requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

New requirements for nonresidents to own at least 160 acres of land, hold title individually without trusts or business entities, own the land for a minimum of one year, and have paid property taxes on the land for the previous year.

TECHNICAL

Corrected formatting errors in section headers (e.g., 'AMENDATORY' and 'SECTION 1') and updated the request number from 11418 to 12937.

Game and fish; lifetime licenses; nonresident property owners; license amount; effective date; emergency.

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