Arizona House Bill HB2588 Introduced / Bill

                    REFERENCE TITLE: wildlife; taking; landowner permits; rules             State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025           HB 2588           Introduced by  Representative Griffin                    AN ACT   Amending title 17, chapter 3, ARTICLE 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 17-321; RELATING to the taking of wildlife.     (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: wildlife; taking; landowner permits; rules
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2588
Introduced by  Representative Griffin

REFERENCE TITLE: wildlife; taking; landowner permits; rules

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

HB 2588

 

Introduced by 

Representative Griffin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 17, chapter 3, ARTICLE 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 17-321; RELATING to the taking of wildlife.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 17, chapter 3, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 17-321, to read: START_STATUTE17-321. Private lands; taking wildlife; landowner permits; rules A. The department shall issue a landowner permit for the taking of elk, antelope, oryx and deer on private lands. b. The department may adopt rules to expand the use of landowner permits to other SPECIES of wildlife. C. The department shall issue a landowner permit if the COMMISSION DETERMINES that the permit is necessary to reduce CONFLICTS between humans and wildlife and to provide sport HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES CONSISTENT with rules adopted by the department. END_STATUTE 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 17, chapter 3, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 17-321, to read:

START_STATUTE17-321. Private lands; taking wildlife; landowner permits; rules

A. The department shall issue a landowner permit for the taking of elk, antelope, oryx and deer on private lands.

b. The department may adopt rules to expand the use of landowner permits to other SPECIES of wildlife.

C. The department shall issue a landowner permit if the COMMISSION DETERMINES that the permit is necessary to reduce CONFLICTS between humans and wildlife and to provide sport HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES CONSISTENT with rules adopted by the department. END_STATUTE