Legislation Alerts

Legislation Alerts

12 May 2010
URGENT: Anti Relic Hunting bill in South Carolina.
Link to the bill

Watch legislative forum for details and updates.

12 May 2010
Pro Metal Detecting bill submitted in Wisconsin.
Will allow metal detecting on state controlled lands.
Link to the bill:

Link to the WI Senate contact page:

Watch legislative forum for details and updates

9 Nov 2009
Pro Metal Detecting bill submitted in the Kentucky legislature.
Will allow metal detecting in the state parks.
Link to the bill: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB6.htm
Link to the KY Senate contact page: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/senate/senmembers.htm
Watch legislative forum for details and updates.

Fall 2009
NY City Detectorists still need our help.
Call and email campaign
See the legislative forum for details.

Fall 2009
Bill Pending in Wisconsin to allow metal detecting on state controlled lands.
Check legislative forum for details.

Sept. 2009
Success! No Detecting Ban in Clay County, Florida.
Thanks to all who helped out.
Check the legislative forum for details.

2009 Omnibus Lands Bill (S22) passed and signed into law.

Some real dirty politics involved in the passage.

Immediate help needed to defeat California SB-670. Anti dredging bill Passed the legislature. Contact Governor Schwarzenegger and ask him to Veto it.
Bill Link; http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_670_bill_20090626_amended_asm_v97.html
Email link to Governor; http://gov.ca.gov/interact#email

Wisconsin DNR - FMDAC's National President Attended a meeting in Madison, WI on March 25th, 2009 concerning the ongoing issue. Follow the link to read his comments on the meeting. http://www.fmdac.org/Wisconsin.pdf

Wisconsin DNR (state) land closed to detecting. This includes most "navigable water" in the state.
Check the legislative forum for info.

Louisville, KY parks closed to metal detecting
Check the Legislative Forum for info as it is available.

Prospect Park in NYC closed to detecting
NY/NJ task force working on it
Check the Legislative Forum for info

KY Permit Bill 2009, HB114
The same bill is back again
Check Legislative Forum for info as available
Link to Bill: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09rs/hb114.htm

Link to Legislators: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/house/hsemembers.htm

Omnibus Federal Land Bill - S22
Over 150 separate land grab bills
Will seriously curtail multiple use on 10's of millions of acres.

This bill passed the Senate on Jan 15, Vote 73 to 21
All Dems voted YES
Contact your House Representative.
Link to info on bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-22

Link to Legislators: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Texas State Parks Advisory Sunset Commission. Please use the link and contact them. See the forum (Legislation) for more info.
Information Link

A vote on this bill is imminent. See the forum (Legislation) for details.
S3212, Giant Omnibus bill that includes the National Landscape Conservation System. NLCS already passed the house. See the forum for more info
Link to Bill

08-ARIZONA SMALL MINE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION PETITION:
Information
Link

08-KENTUCKY BILL HB 295 "An act relating to human remains and burial objects" This is the same bill we saw in 2007. The name is a ploy.
The real intention is to prohibit digging on private property.
Link to Bill
Bill's Status DEAD IN COMMITTEE

Link to Legislature
Link to contact your KY legislator

08-WASHINGTON STATE BILL SB6253, AN ACT Relating to metal detectors in
state parks.
Link to the Bill.

Bill's Status DEAD IN COMMITTEE
Link to the legislature

07-110th CONGRESS H. R. 2016 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Landscape Conservation System Act’’- this mean a National Park Type Overlay on BLM's Millions of Acres!

H.R.-2016

Bill's Status THIS BILL HAS PASSED THE HOUSE

Library of Congress

Land Rights Site

07-CA Bill AB-1032, would enable the DFG to close streams to gold mining dredging,.

Bill vetoed by the Governor. Read about it.

Link to: Bill Status

Bill: AB 1032

Link to: PLP Letter

To the Bill's Author

Vote / Comment

07-Kentucky -Bill HB 117, Act relating to human remains and burial objects.