The House Natural Resources & Energy Committee advanced two bills without opposition: HB 278, which modernizes Delaware hunting regulations including Sunday hunting for all game and updated handgun caliber requirements for deer hunting, and HB 308, which codifies livestreaming and virtual public comment requirements for the Public Service Commission.
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Rep. Burns raised that since the amendment reduces the caliber measurement threshold from 1.30 inches back to 1.25 inches, the existing exception for .38 caliber at 1.29 inches seemed potentially redundant or confusing, stating 'it seems confusing.' Rep. Spiegelman acknowledged the issue was a drafting error on his part and explained that leaving the threshold at 1.30 inches would have excluded .41 Magnum and .44 Magnum, which he described as absolutely ethical cartridges for taking deer.
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“Present. Rep. Claire Snyder Hall. Absent. Rep. Jesse Vanderwin. Present. With the quorum being present, we will begin. Thank you. Okay, thanks. We're going to start today with Representative Spiegelman's bill. Yeah, I'm doing. And that's House Bill 278, An act to Amend Title 7 of the Delaware Code relating to regulations and per prohibitions concerning game and fish. And Rep. Spiegelman, you have the floor. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of committee, this is a bill that I've been working on with denreck and the Division of Fish and Wildlife. Actually been working on it for a couple years. It updates and modernizes a lot of some of just the normal hunting”
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Sign in to subscribeIt. Members of the public physically present for the meeting may sign up on the speaker list for the bill they would like to speak on, which is great. Held up by the lovely Lauren. Please note that any votes that may be taken shall be done by a roll call vote. We will be offering the bill for signatures to committee members not present. If it receives enough signatures for release from committee, it will be reported out on the legislative website and announced on the House floor during session. So let's begin today's meeting by taking a roll call. Attendance of committee meeting members present. Rep. Al. Donna Berry. Present. Rep. Frank Burns. Present. Rep. Bill Bush will be absent today. Rep. Bill Carson. Present. Rep. Rich Collins. Rep. Ron Gray. Present. Rep. Krista Griffith is going to be absent. Chair Deb Heffernan. I'm present. Rep. Jeff Hilofsky. Rep. Larry Lambert. Vice Chair Sophie Phillips. Present. Rep. Charles Postils Jr. Present. Rep. Claire Snyder Hall. Absent. Rep. Jesse Vanderwin. Present. With the quorum being present, we will begin. Thank you. Okay, thanks. We're going to start today with Representative Spiegelman's bill. Yeah, I'm doing. And that's House Bill…
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