Virginia Senate Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-5)
Status: Passed on April 1 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Hunting on Sundays. Allows hunting on Sundays under certain circumstances. A person may hunt waterfowl, subject to restrictions imposed by the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and a landowner and his immediate family or a person with written permission from the landowner may hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal, including nuisance species, on the landowner's property. However, the aforementioned hunting activities cannot occur within 200 yards of a house of worship. The bill prohibits the hunting of deer or bear with a gun, firearm, or other weapon with the aid or assistance of dogs on Sunday.

Wild animals & birds; unlawful to hunt on private property and state waters on Sunday, exception.

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]
Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Henry Marsh [D]	Sen. Donald McEachin [D]
Sen. Thomas Norment [R]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Phillip Puckett [D]	Sen. Linda Puller [D]
Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Frank Wagner [R]	Sen. William Stanley [R]	Sen. Richard Black [R]
Sen. Charles Carrico [R]

2014-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 24-N) (Y: 74 N: 25 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) (Y: 29 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Committee amendment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (9-Y 4-N) (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-01		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)
2014-04-01		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB154ER)
2014-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2014-02-28	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 24-N)
2014-02-28	House	Passed House (73-Y 24-N)
2014-02-28	House	Read third time
2014-02-27	House	Read second time
2014-02-26	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N)
2014-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2014-02-12	House	Read first time
2014-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
2014-02-07	Senate	Printed as engrossed 14100954D-E
2014-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB154E
2014-02-07	Senate	Amendment by Senator Stuart rejected
2014-02-07	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2014-02-07	Senate	Amendments by Senator Hanger rejected
2014-02-07	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2014-02-07	Senate	Substitute by Senator Hanger withdrawn 14104862D-S1
2014-02-07	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2014-02-07	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2014-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-06	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-06	Senate	Floor substitute printed 14104862D-S1 (Hanger)
2014-02-06	Senate	Committee amendment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-06	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2014-02-06	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2014-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-05	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-04	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2014-01-30	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (9-Y 4-N)
2013-12-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2013-12-31	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100954D

HB1237 (Same As) 2014-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	1	521	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB154
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB154+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB154S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB154E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB154ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0482+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S01V0042+SB0154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0245SB0154+SB0154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0299SB0154+SB0154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0339SB0154+SB0154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H01V0095+SB0154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1201+SB0154