HB1672--STATESPORT
SPONSOR: Taylor(48)
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheSpecialCommitteeon
Tourismbyavoteof10to0.
Thisbilldesignatesarcheryastheofficialstatesportof
Missouri.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatarcheryisafunactivitythat
anyonecando.Itteachespatience,safety,discipline,and
mannersandcanhelpincreasefocusandselfconfidence. The
compoundbowwasinventedbyMissourianHollessWilburAllenandit
wasoneofthelargestadvancementsinarchery. Thisisagrowing
sportandthebillcouldhaveahugeeconomicimpactforthestate
ofMissouri.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Taylor,AmberSmith,
BillMyers,BobLehenbauer,BradHarriman,BrentA.Foster,BrianK
Emde;CarylMeier,DawnTaylor,ElizabethLawless,GilbertHumphrey
JayC.Anger,JeffBlystonrepresentingtheMissouriBowHunters
Association,JeffreyEllis;representingJaktGear,JeremyB
Tappel,KellyZara;KentKeene,CongressionalSportsmen's
Foundation;KristieRoberts,LarryD.Reed,MaryBarile,Melea
Duncan,NathanMcLeod,PaulRatliff,PaulaParcell,RonJackson,
SamuelAldenStewart,ShawnJosephMcdonald,SorenStapp,Stan
Bennett,TheodoreJosephVandeven,Jr.,KassidyChilders,Lisa
Monk,PhyllisTaylor,TerraAlphonsorepresentingtheBranson
ChamberandConventionandVisitorsBureau,CarterTaylor,Jake
Hunget,CarmonMHerrbotj,JamesWEndersby,CarrieWolken,George,
JacksonFehr,JeenaHunget,JocelynScheppers,KatinaBradshaw,
LeslieAlanWegener,MadolynHardin,RobinWebb,Conservation
FederationofMissouri,TriciaBurkhardt,MissouriConservation
HeritageFoundationandWeldonJamesHuff.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaythisbillwouldhavea
positiveeconomicimpactonthestate.
TestifyingonthebillwastheMissouriDepartmentOfConservation.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.