In front of board members of the Washington Hunter Education Instructors' Association, Governor Gregoire signed SHB 1249--authorizing a once-in-a-lifetime, one license year deferral of hunter education--at her Olympia office on Saturday, April 21.
The legislation passed with a unanimous vote in the State Senate and only three opposing votes in the State House.
Similar to legislation passed in a number of other states, Washington's deferral program allows mentors over 18 years of age who have held a Washington hunting license for the prior three years to supervise beginning hunters who have not yet completed hunter education training. The new law will take effect July 21.
"Although the law has been passed, there's still a great deal of work to do," said Mik Mikitik, hunter education administrator. "The details--how much a deferral will cost, who is elibible, what is required to obtain one, etc.--all need to be developed"
For more specific information on the new law, please click on the link below:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1249-S.PL.pdf
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