Your Support is Needed to Help Override the Governor’s Veto
On Thursday, May 28, Governor Jim Gibbons (R) vetoed
Assembly Bill 246. AB246 would establish an apprentice hunting license that would allow prospective hunters 12 years old and older to try their hand at hunting before completing a hunter education course. Apprentice hunters would be required to be directly supervised in the field by a mentor who is at least 18 years old and who holds a validAB 246 passed the Assembly on May 15 by an overwhelming vote of 38 to 2 with 2 absent and passed the Senate on May 22 by a unanimous vote of 21 to 0. Even with the overwhelming support by the Assembly and the Senate the Governor still decided to veto this important legislation to help preserve
Hunter recruitment is critical to the long-term preservation of our hunting heritage. Hunter numbers are declining and radical anti-hunting organizations like the Humane Society of the
It is vital that
State Assembly
Assemblywoman Heidi S. Gansert (R-25), Minority Leader
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775-684-8837
Assemblyman John Hambrick (R-2)
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775-684-8827
Assemblyman Richard McArthur (R-4)
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775-684-8829
Assemblyman
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775-684-8853
Assemblyman Joseph Hardy (R-20)
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775-684-8857
Assemblyman Lynn D. Stewart (R-22)
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775-684-8823
Assemblyman Melissa Woodbury (R-23)
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775-684-8503
Assemblyman Ty Cobb (R-26)
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775-684-8848
Assemblyman Don Gustavson (R-32)
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775-684-8851
Assemblyman John C. Carpenter (R-33)
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775-684-8831
Assemblyman Pete Goicoechea (R-35)
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775-684-8573
Assemblyman Ed Goedhart (R-36)
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775-684-8805
Assemblyman Tom Grady (R-38)
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775-684-8507
Assemblyman James Settelmeyer (R-39)
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775-684-8843
State Senate
Senator William J. Raggio (R- Washoe County No. 3), Minority Leader [email protected]
775-684-1419
Senator Mark E. Amodei (R-Capital Senatorial District)
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775-684-1470
Senator Mike McGinness (R- Central
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775-684-1442
Senator Dean A. Rhoads (R-Rural
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775-684-1447
Senator Barbara K Cegavske (R- Clark County No. 8)
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775-684-1445
Senator Dennis Nolan (R- Clark County No. 9)
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775-684-1421
Senator Warren B. Hardy II (
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775-684-1462
Senator Randolph Townsend (
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775-684-1450
Senator Maurice E. Washington (
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775-684-1480