Please Make Your Voices Heard Today!
Two bills of importance to
Assembly Bill 2223, sponsored by Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-35), would outlaw the use of lead shot when shooting or hunting in state-run wildlife management areas. AB2223 will be heard by the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. There is no scientific evidence justifying this proposed ban. It is intended only to discourage hunting in
Senate Bill 1179, introduced by State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth (R-36), is slated to be considered by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. Simply put, SB1179 would require that the Department of Fish and Game to establish two free hunting days per year where unlicensed hunters to hunt so long as they are accompanied by someone who is licensed. This legislation promises to help recruit the next generation of hunters by allowing novices to try their hand at hunting without being required to purchase a license.
Please contact the members of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and respectfully urge them to oppose AB2223. Also, please contact the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and ask that they support SB1179. Contact information for the committees can be found below.
Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee:
Assemblymember Jared Huffman - Chair (D-6)
(916) 319-2006
Assemblymember.Huffman@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Jean Fuller - Vice Chair (R-32)
(916) 319-2032
Assemblymember.Fuller@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Joel Anderson (R-77)
(916) 319-2077
Assemblymember.Anderson@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Juan Arambula (I-31)
(916) 319-2031
Assemblymember.Arambula@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Tom Berryhill (R-25)
(916) 319-2025
Assemblymember.Berryhill@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-40)
(916) 319-2040
Assemblymember.Blumenfield@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Anna M. Caballero (D-28)
(916) 319-2028
Assemblymember.Caballero@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Hector De La Torre (D-50)
(916) 319-2050
Assemblymember.DeLaTorre@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher (R-75)
(916) 319-2075
Assemblymember.Fletcher@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-54)
(916) 319-2054
Assemblymember.Lowenthal@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Mary Salas (D-79)
(916) 319-2079
Assemblymember.Salas@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-8)
(916) 319-2008
Assemblymember.Yamada@assembly.ca.gov
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee:
State Senator Fran Pavley, Chair (D-23)
(916) 651-4023
State Senator Dave Cogdill, Vice-Chair (R-14)
(916) 651-4014
State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth (R-36)
(916) 651-4036
State Senator Robert Huff (R-29)
(916) 651-4029
State Senator Christine Kehoe (D-39)
(916) 651-4039
State Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-27)
(916) 651-4027
State Senator Alex Padilla (D-20)
(916) 651-4020
State Senator Joe Simitian (D-11)
(916) 651-4011
State Senator Lois Wolk (D-5)
(916) 651-4005
