Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Defines "centerfire" and "single shot". Allows a person to take deer with a single shot centerfire rifle during the open season set by the Director of Natural Resources. Limits legal handguns and rifles to centerfire handguns that are either single shot or revolvers and centerfire rifles that are single shot. Limits legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle to a bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, both of which must be available as a factory load with the published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. Provides that it is unlawful while deer hunting: (1) to possess or be in close proximity to a rifle that is not centerfire; or (2) be in possession of or in close proximity to a magazine that is capable of making a rifle not a single shot.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0932 [HB4386 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2022-06-02	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2022-04-07	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2022-02-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2022-01-07	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2022-02-17	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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