New Jersey Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment (2015)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The New Jersey Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have established a constitutional right to fishing, hunting, trapping and harvesting of game animals.

At least three such legislatively referred constitutional amendments were proposed in the 2014-2015 legislative session. They included Assembly Concurrent Resolutions 12 and 94, as well as Senate Concurrent Resolution 22.

Support

ACR 12 supporters

• Rep. Alison McHose (R-24), primary sponsor
• Rep. Parker Space (R-24), primary sponsor
• Rep. Nancy Munoz (R-21), cosponsor
• Rep. Chris Brown (R-2), cosponsor

ACR 94 supporters

• Rep. Maria Rodriguez-Gregg (R-8), primary sponsor
• Rep. Christopher J. Brown (R-2), primary sponsor
• Rep. Scott T. Rumana (R-40), cosponsor

SCR 22 supporters

• Sen. Steven V. Oroho (R-24), primary sponsor
• Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-1), primary sponsor
• Anthony R. Bucco (R-25), cosponsor sponsor

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution

At the time in New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments had two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature could either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions. This measure did not receive the necessary supermajority required for a 2014 ballot placement. The measure did not come up for a vote in 2015.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2015 ballot measures
• New Jersey 2015 ballot measures
• List of New Jersey ballot measures

External links

• Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 12
• Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 94
• Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 22