SB 199 Controlling predatory animals

VOTE: NO – Died in Committee
Status (overview) of bill: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB199

This bill takes the authority around controlling predatory animals out of the hands of the Oregon Department of Agriculture and transfers it to Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife—where broad rulemaking authority can erode farmers’ ability to have adequate controls over devastating pests and predatory animals.

Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule requirements or prohibitions concerning angling, taking, hunting, trapping or possessing of wildlife defined as predatory animal.