Assembly member Jim Wood introduces bill to make license valid for 365 days; the proposal also pushes to create mobile phone application.
SACRAMENTO—Will a new batch of legislators produce different results? State Sen. Tom Berryhill is no longer serving in Sacramento as a legislator yet the fight to make the 12-month fishing license a reality in California continues – and this time it’s Assembly member Jim Wood, D-Santa Rosa, who’s picked up the torch.
Wood introduced Assembly Bill 1387 (AB 1387), calling for California to drop its calendar-based fishing license scheme in favor for a 365-day system. All sportfishing licenses in California expire on Dec. 31 of the year it was purchased, regardless of purchase date. Wood’s bill, if signed into law, would allow anglers to maintain their license for 365 days from the date of purchase…
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