SF0066

Authorizes the Game and Fish Commission to issue donated hunting licenses to persons with life-threatening illnesses and persons who are vision-impaired, with sponsorship from nonprofit charitable organizations.

• Allows the commission to issue antelope, deer, elk, and turkey licenses to persons at least 12 years old with life-threatening illnesses who are sponsored by nonprofit charitable organizations with a mission to serve persons with life-threatening or serious illnesses. The sponsoring organization must pay the license fee on behalf of the licensee at no cost to the licensee. (W.S. 23-1-705(j), Sec. 1)
• Permits holders of valid big game, trophy game, or wild bison licenses to surrender their licenses to the department for reissuance to veterans with disabilities, persons with permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs, or persons who are vision-impaired. Reissued licenses must be for the same species, area, and type as the donated license. (W.S. 23-1-705(k), Sec. 1)
• Provides that donated and reissued licenses are issued to qualifying recipients at no fee and cannot be sold, traded, auctioned, or offered for monetary value. Such licenses are not subject to residency, drawing, or standard fee requirements. (W.S. 23-1-705(k), Sec. 1)
• Exempts donated licenses from certain species-specific restrictions, including five-year restrictions on cow or calf moose and ewe or lamb bighorn sheep licenses, and lifetime restrictions on grizzly bear, mountain goat, ram, bighorn sheep, wild bison, and moose or antlered moose licenses. (W.S. 23-1-705(k), W.S. 23-1-703(b), W.S. 23-1-703(c), W.S. 23-2-107(f))
• Requires the Game and Fish Commission to promulgate all rules necessary to implement the act. (Sec. 2)

Effective: July 1, 2026

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