BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5939: Livestock wolf predation

Protecting livestock from wolf predation.

Summary

Authorizes the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to establish a three-year pilot program that authorizes an owner of livestock to monitor the site of a wolf predation and take the first wolf that returns to the site.
Directs the WDFW to evaluate the pilot program and report back to the Legislature by December 1, 2027.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5939), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to protecting livestock from wolf predation;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 8, 2024First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.
Jan 2, 2024Prefiled for introduction.

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