Bill passed the House and is in the Senate. I wasn't a landslide in the House either, but should make it through the senate.
The bill lowers the age to 12 (in the calendar year), but yes, limits LE tags until 14 (calendar year 14, so if you turn 14 anytime before Dec. 31st you can put in for LE tags).
If it passes it will become state law and should go into effect immediately for this fall. I would think antleress tags and general tags over the counter would be available.
The grey area for me is the bill says no LE, CMWU, Premium tags, etc., but doesn't say anything about points. I holding out hope my soon to be 12 year old can buy points for 2 years even though he can't put in for LE tags. We will see.
Finally, they figure lowering to 12 will only add 1000 additional hunters. That seems low. Are they off or is this our bleak future hunters out there?