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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to recognize and protect the rights of Michigan citizens to hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife. The proposed amendment establishes that these activities are fundamental rights rooted in the state's heritage, while also ensuring that such rights are subject to regulations that promote sound wildlife conservation and management. The resolution specifies that citizens will be afforded reasonable opportunities to exercise these rights consistent with conservation practices, and it explicitly states that public hunting, fishing, and trapping are preferred methods for managing nonthreatened species. Importantly, the amendment includes provisions that clarify it does not alter existing laws related to trespass, private property rights, eminent domain, public property ownership, or firearms regulations unrelated to hunting, and it preserves the state's sovereign immunity. The proposed amendment would be submitted to Michigan voters for approval at the next general election, allowing citizens to directly decide whether to enshrine these hunting and fishing rights in the state constitution.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HJR-C