Section 1 [License revocation; not reporting a pet or companion animal taken in a trap or snare] requires license revocation of a person not reporting a pet or companion animal taken in a trap or snare.

Section 2 [Use of body-gripping traps] makes a number of changes to restrictions on body-gripping traps, including;

1. requiring waterset traps to be completely submerged;
2. applying the restrictions to traps with a jaw opening wider than 5-1/2 inches;
3. requiring baited traps to be recessed 12 inches in an enclosure or elevated by five feet;
4. requiring the opening to an enclosure of a baited trap to be no larger than 50 square inches; and
5. requiring unbaited traps to be in an enclosure that is no larger than eight inches by eight inches and the trap recessed at least 18 inches.

Section 3 [Placing traps or snares on private land; written permission] requires written permission to place traps or snares on private land of another person.

Section 4 [Reporting pet or companion animals taken; license revocation] provides that:

1. a person who takes a pet or companion animal in a trap or snare must report the taking to the DNR within 24 hours;
2. the DNR must report annually to the legislature on pet or companion animals taken by trap; and
3. a person who illegally takes a pet or companion by trap loses their trapping license and the privilege to obtain a trapping license for five years.