Senate committee takes more testimony today on controversial bill
Hundreds of Vermont hunters, anglers and trappers gathered at the State House Tuesday to learn more about legislation that would take rule-making power away from the Fish & Wildlife Board and require more unlicensed members to be non-hunters/anglers/trappers.
The bill also prohibits trapping coyotes and hunting them with dogs. If approved, it will go to the Senate for a full vote and then on to the House.
The Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee is taking more testimony today from both hunters and non-hunters and has scheduled committee discussion and mark-up – a ‘final edits’ phase that sometimes precedes a committee vote at its next meeting. The committee schedule for next week likely will be posted by Monday or over the weekend.