Wolf bill fails

I’m sorry to report that our Wolf Bill, SB 183, failed on the Senate floor on Second Reading by a vote of 23-27.

The names of those voting AGAINST SB 183 are pasted below, FYI.

There were a few surprises. Senator Bruce Tutvedt (R-Kalispell) led the charge AGAINST SB 183. That’s surprising because there are so many hunters in Kalispell who have witnessed wolf devastation of game herds. Speaking in opposition to SB 183 included (no big surprise) Larry Jent (D-Bozeman). Other surprise opposition votes were Senators Taylor Brown (R-Huntley), Jeff Essman (R-Billings), Steve Gallus (D-Butte, although he also voted against the bill in Committee), Jim Keane (D-Butte), Rick Liable (R- Darby), Jesse Laslovich (D-Anaconda), and Ryan Zinke (R-Whitefish).

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
http://www.mtpublish.com
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Senators voting AGAINST SB 183 on Senate Second Reading, 3/24/2009

Branae, Gary
Brown, Taylor
Cooney, Mike
Erickson, Ron
Essmann, Jeff
Gallus, Steven
Gillan, Kim
Hansen, Ken (Kim)
Hawks, Bob
Jent, Larry
Juneau, Carol
Kaufmann, Christine
Keane, Jim
Laible, Rick
Larsen, Cliff
Laslovich, Jesse
Moss, Lynda
Schmidt, Trudi
Squires, Carolyn
Stewart-Peregoy, Sharon
Tropila, Joseph (Joe)
Tropila, Mitch
Tutvedt, Bruce
Wanzenried, David
Williams, Carol
Windy Boy, Jonathan
Zinke, Ryan