The Senate has voted unanimously in favor of HB 549, Rep. Mike Moyle’s roadkill bill, sending the measure to the governor’s desk. The bill writes into state law current Idaho Fish & Game rules that allow the salvage of certain road-killed animals, with conditions, and adds an additional provision: That motorists or passers-by can humanely dispatch a badly injured animal they’ve struck, to put it out of its misery.

Currently, only a law enforcement officer can legally dispatch the animal.

Moyle’s bill has drawn support from sportsmen’s groups, motorists and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Late on Tuesday, the Senate voted 35-0 in favor of the House-passed bill. Sen. Lee Heider, R-Twin Falls, the bill’s Senate sponsor, told senators, “I hope that none of us have to do this in the near future, but if you do, rest assured that you’ll be in accordance with state law.”