SB 5559 - DIGEST

Requires a youth hunter under the age of sixteen to be accompanied by a nondeferred Washington-licensed hunter who has held a Washington hunting license for the prior three years, and who is over eighteen years of age.

Requires a youth hunter under the age of sixteen to complete a course in hunter education training within two years of purchasing the youth hunter's first hunting license in Washington.

Directs the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Create and maintain a user-friendly web site that shows major recreation areas that are also used for hunting and the appropriate hunting seasons so that the public can access this information; and

(2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for these requirements, place signs that include information regarding hunting seasons on its lands that are used for both recreation and hunting.

Directs the department of natural resources, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this requirement, to place signs that include information regarding hunting seasons on its lands that are used for both recreation and hunting.