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Memo published: February 14, 2024 Contact: Rachel E. Letzing, Deputy Director
2023 Assembly Bill 1030 Assembly Amendment 1
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1030
Under 2023 Assembly Bill 1030, if the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) establishes a northern
forest zone as a deer management area, DNR is prohibited from doing all of the following to regulate
deer hunting:
Establishing an open season for hunting deer in the northern forest zone during which only the
hunting of antlerless deer is authorized.
Issuing authorizations to kill antlerless deer in the northern forest zone.
Issuing a person more than one authorization to kill an antlered deer in the northern forest zone
during either an open season for hunting deer with a muzzle-loading firearm or an open season for
hunting deer with a firearm. If a person is issued an authorization to kill an antlered deer in the
northern forest zone during an open season for hunting deer with a muzzle-loading firearm but does
not use the authorization, the person may use the authorization during an open season for hunting
deer with a firearm in the northern forest zone, and vice versa.
Issuing a person more than one authorization to kill an antlered deer in the northern forest zone
during either an open season for hunting deer with a bow or an open season for hunting deer with a
crossbow. If a person is issued an authorization to kill an antlered deer in the northern forest zone
during an open season for hunting deer with a bow but does not use the authorization, the person
may use the authorization during an open season for hunting deer with a crossbow in the northern
forest zone, and vice versa.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 creates an exception to the bill’s prohibition on DNR issuing authorizations to
kill antlerless deer in the northern forest zone.
Under this exception, if DNR authorizes a season for hunting deer in the northern forest zone that is
open only to hunters under the age of 16, any deer hunting authorization DNR issues for that season
must authorize the killing of one deer, which may be antlered or antlerless.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Green offered Assembly Amendment 1 on February 9, 2024. On February 13, 2024, the
Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage recommended adoption of the amendment on a vote of
Ayes, 9; Noes, 3, and passage of the bill, as amended, on a vote of Ayes, 7; Noes, 5.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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