Bill allowing Wisconsin hunters to wear pink clears first hurdle - Chicago Tribune
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A bill that would legalize blaze pink hunting gear in Wisconsin cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday after a state Assembly committee overwhelmingly approved the measure.
The Assembly Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage Committee passed the bill on a 14-1 vote Wednesday, clearing the way for the full Assembly to take up the bill. A spokeswoman for Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, didn’t immediately respond to an email asking about the bill’s chances.
Under current Wisconsin law, at least half of each article of clothing that gun deer hunters wear above the waist must be blaze orange. The bipartisan bill would allow hunters to wear fluorescent pink as well.
The bill’s authors, Reps. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, and Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, maintain that the measure will encourage more women to take up hunting, give hunters more clothing options and give apparel manufacturers a boost.
