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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3856 By: Cornwell of the House
and
Pemberton of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to wildlife; 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4-
112, as last amended by Secti on 1, Chapter 96, O.S.L.
2023 (29 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4 -112), which
relates to hunting licenses; mod ifying license
authorizations; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021,
Section 4-112, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 9 6, O.S.L. 2023
(29 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 4 -112), is amended to read as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided for in the Okl ahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code or the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act, no person may
hunt, pursue, trap, harass, catch, kill, take or attempt to take in
any manner, use, have in pos session, sell, or transport all or any
portion of any wildlife except fish, without having first procured a
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license from the Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Wildlife
Conservation Commission shall designate a consecutive Saturday and
Sunday in September of each year as free hunting days in which
residents of this state ma y hunt without first procuring a hunting
license pursuant to the provisions of this section.
B. The following legal residents of Oklahoma shall be exempt
from the annual hunting l icense requirement of paragraph 1 of
subsection F of this section and the fo llowing nonresidents shall be
exempt from the annual nonresident hunting licenses required
pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C of this section:
1. Legal residents under sixteen (16) years of age;
2. Legal residents sixty-five (65) years of age or older
provided they have obtained a senior citizen lifetime hunting or
combination hunting and fishing license pursuant to the provisions
of Section 4-114 of this title;
3. Legal residents born on or before January 1, 1923;
4. Legal resident veterans having a disability of sixty percent
(60%) or more;
5. Legal resident owners or tenants who hunt on land owned or
leased by them;
6. Any nonresident under fourteen (14) years of age;
7. Legal residents having a proven d isability which renders
them nonambulatory and confines them to a wheelchair, as certified
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by a physician licensed in this state or in any state which borders
this state;
8. Any legal resident or nonresident unde r eighteen (18) years
of age who is in the physical custody of a child care facility as
defined by Section 402 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
9. Any legal resident or nonresident hunting, pursuing,
trapping, harassing, catching, killing, taking , or attempting to
take in any manner any specie s of rattlesnake during an o rganized
rattlesnake-hunting event or festival and who has a rattlesnake
permit issued pursuant to Section 4 -143 of this title.
C. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Code, the nonresident hun ting licenses issued pursuan t
to this section and the fee for each license shall be:
1. Annual hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other
than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expires on December 3 1 of the
year purchased – One Hundred Forty-one Dollars ($141.00).
Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big game and upland game
or exotic wildlife in a comm ercial hunting area shall be required to
have this license;
2. Annual hunting license for n onresidents hunting game other
than deer, antelope, elk or bear which expire s on June 30 of the
fiscal year purchased – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).
Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big game and upland game
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or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be required to
have this license;
3. Gun hunting license for deer:
a. during deer gun seasons for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
valid for hunting one antlerless deer allowed during
the current calendar year deer gun seasons – Thirty
Dollars ($30.00),
b. during deer gun seasons for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
valid for hunting one antlered or antlerless deer
allowed during the current calen dar year deer gun
seasons – Ninety-nine Dollars ($99.00), and
c. during deer gun seasons for nonresidents which shall
be valid for hunting all deer allowed during t he
current calendar year deer gun season - Two Hundred
Ninety-nine Dollars ($299.00);
4. Archery hunting license for deer for nonresidents which
shall expire on Januar y 15 of the calendar year after the year
purchased or, if purchased during the deer arch ery season, it shall
expire at the end of that deer archery season:
a. during deer archery s easons for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which s hall be
valid for hunting one antlerless deer allowed during
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the current deer archery se asons – Thirty Dollars
($30.00),
b. during deer archery seasons for youth nonresidents
seventeen (17) years of age or younger which shall be
valid for hunting one antle red or antlerless deer
allowed during the current deer archery seasons –
Ninety-nine Dollars ($99.00), and
c. during deer archery seasons for nonresidents which
shall be valid for hunting all deer allowed during the
current deer archery season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine
Dollars ($299.00);
5. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for:
a. during deer primitive firearms seasons for youth
nonresidents seventeen (17) years of age o r younger
which shall be valid for hunting one a ntlerless deer
allowed during the current calendar year deer
primitive firearms seasons – Thirty Dollars ($30.00),
b. during deer primitive firearms seasons for youth
nonresidents seventeen (17) years of age or younger
which shall be valid for hunting one antlered or
antlerless deer allowed during the current calendar
year deer primitive firearms seasons – Ninety-nine
Dollars ($99.00), and
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c. during deer primitive firearms seasons for
nonresidents which shall be valid for hunting all deer
allowed during the current calendar year deer
primitive firearms season - Two Hundred Ninety-nine
Dollars ($299.00);
6. Hunting license for antelope for nonresidents – Three
Hundred Five Dollars ($305.00);
7. Hunting license for elk for nonresidents – Three Hundred
Five Dollars ($305.00);
8. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting game other
than deer, antelope, elk, quail, turkey or bear – Seventy-four
Dollars ($74.00). Nonresidents hunting big game, combination big
game and upland game or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area
shall be required to have this license;
9. Ten-day hunting license for nonresidents hunti ng small game
in a commercial hunting area – Five Dollars ($5.00); and
10. Five-day hunting license for nonresidents hunting winged
upland game, excluding wild turkey, in a commercial hunting area –
Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).
D. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall provide a
report to both the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives by Febru ary 1 of 2019 and
2020 setting forth information regarding licenses issued pursuant to
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paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of sub section C of this section, which shall
include, but not be limited to:
1. The number of lic enses issued during the most recent
respective deer hunting seasons; and
2. A fiscal analysis comparing revenue generated from the fees
of the licenses issued duri ng the most recent respective deer
hunting seasons compared to previous years and whether th e deer
hunting license structure is beneficial to the Department.
E. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of
subsection C of this section:
1. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the license fee of each license
issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 7 of subsection C of this
section and Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of the license fee
for each license issued pursuant to paragraph 8 of subsection C of
this section shall be deposited in the Wildlife Land Acquisition
Fund created pursuant to the provis ions of Section 4-132 of this
title; and
2. Five Dollars ($5.00) of the lice nse fee for each license
issued pursuant to paragraphs 1 through 8 of subsection C of t his
section shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land Stamp and shall be
deposited in the Okla homa Wildlife Land Fund created pursuant to the
provisions of Section 4-141 of this title.
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F. Except as otherwise provided , the resident hunting licenses
issued pursuant to this section and the fee for each license shall
be:
1. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of
age and older which expires on December 31 of the year purchased -
Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00);
2. Annual hunting license for residents eighteen (18) years of
age and older which expires on June 30 of the fiscal year pur chased
– Thirty-one Dollars ($31.00);
3. Annual hunting license for resident s sixteen (16) or
seventeen (17) years of age which expires on December 31 of the year
purchased - Four Dollars ($4.00);
4. Annual hunting license for residents sixteen (16) or
seventeen (17) years of age which expires on June 30 of the fiscal
year purchased – Six Dollars ($6.00);
5. Ten-day hunting license for residents for small game and
upland winged game, excluding wild turkey, in a commercial hunting
area - Five Dollars ($5.00) ;
6. Five-year disability hunting license for residents of this
state for at least six (6) months who are receiving Social Security
Disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits or
disability benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S .C.A.,
Section 231a, or residents who are one -hundred-percent disabled and
are receiving disability payments from the Multiple Injury Trust
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Fund pursuant to Section 31 of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes -
Ten Dollars ($10.00);
7. Gun hunting license fo r deer for residents eighteen (18)
years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following
persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification fr om the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of co mpensation at the one-hundred-
percent rate, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas;
8. Gun hunting license for deer for residents under eighteen
(18) years of age – Nine Dollars ($9.00);
9. Archery hunting license for d eer for residents eighteen (18)
years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The follo wing
persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the pe rson is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas;
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10. Archery hunting license for deer for residents under
eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);
11. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer f or residents
eighteen (18) years of age or older - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00).
The following persons shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from t he United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
b. residents hunting in big game or combination b ig game
and upland game comm ercial hunting areas;
12. Primitive firearms hunting license for deer for residents
under eighteen (18) years of age - Nine Dollars ($9.00);
13. Hunting license for elk for residen ts - Fifty Dollars
($50.00). Residents huntin g in big game or combination big game and
upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this
license;
14. Hunting license for antelope for residents – Fifty Dollars
($50.00). Residents hunting in big game or combination big game and
upland game commercial hunting areas shall be exempt from this
license; and
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15. Bonus, special or additional gun hunting license for deer
for residents - Nineteen Dollars ($19.00). The following persons
shall be exempt:
a. residents with proper certification from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
successor, certifying that the person is a disabled
veteran in receipt of compensation at the one -hundred-
percent rate, and
b. residents hunting in big g ame or combination big game
and upland game commercial hunting areas.
G. Residents hunting big game, combination big game and upland
game or exotic wildlife in a commercial hunting area shall be
required to have one of the following licenses:
1. An annual hunting license issued pursuant to paragraph 1, 2,
3 or 4 of subsection F of this section;
2. An annual hunting and fishing combination license issued
pursuant to Section 4-113 of this title;
3. A five-year hunting license or five -year combination hunt ing
and fishing license issued pursuant to Sec tion 4-113.1 of this
title; or
4. A lifetime hunting license or lifetime combination hunting
and fishing license issued pursuant to Section 4 -114 of this title.;
or
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5. A ten-day hunting license for residents hunting small game
and upland winged game, ex cluding wild turkey for Five D ollars
($5.00).
H. Of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of
paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection F of this section, Five Dollars
($5.00) of the license fee shall be for the Oklahoma Wildlife Land
Stamp and shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Wildlife L and Fund
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 -141 of this title.
I. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require a hunting license, resident or no nresident, of any person
merely because the person participates, as owner or h andler of an
entry, as an official, or as a spectator in the conduct of a field
trial or performance test of dogs, whether a resident or nonresident
of the State of Oklahoma. No license to hunt shall be required o f
any person engaged in training or workin g dogs, provided that person
is in no way engaged in hunting and does not take or attempt to take
in any manner any game.
J. 1. Any person arrested for hunting game other than deer,
antelope, elk, bear or turkey without a valid hunting license as
required by the provisions of subsection A of this section may
purchase a substitute temporary thirty -day license from the
arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. Proof of hunte r
safety certification will not be r equired for the temporary
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substitute license. The fee for a substitute license purchased
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be:
a. for legal residents, Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and
b. for nonresidents, One Hundred Forty-five Dollars
($145.00).
2. Except as otherwise provided for by this subsection, the
fees from licenses purchased pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund to
be used exclusively for developing, managing, preserving, a nd
protecting wildlife and wildlife habita t.
K. Any person producing proof in court that a current hunting
license issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation to that
person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be
entitled to dismissal of a charge of violating this section upon
payment of court costs. If proof of a current hunting license
issued by the Department to the person that was in force at the time
of the alleged offense is presented to th e court or district
attorney within seventy-two (72) hours after the violation , the
charge shall be dismissed without payment of court costs.
L. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provided for by
subsection J of this section, any resident convict ed of violating
the provisions of th is section shall be punished by the imposi tion
of a fine of not less than Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00) nor more
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than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both.
M. Unless a substitute license is purchased as provide d for by
subsection J of this section, any nonresident convicted of violating
the provisions of this section shall be punished by the imposition
of a fine of not less than Two Hu ndred Dollars ($200.00) nor more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by im prisonment in the
county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON WILDLIFE, dated 02/29/2024 - DO
PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.