Virginia Senate Bill 712

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-12 - Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Release of hunting dogs; state highway or right-of-way. Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for the intentional release of hunting dogs on a Department of Transportation right-of-way or on a highway owned or maintained by the Department of Transportation to hunt deer without the consent of the Department. The bill provides that a second offense is a Class 2 misdemeanor, and a third or subsequent offense is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also permits the stopping of a vehicle on a highway for the retrieval of a companion animal from a highway or area adjacent to a highway.

Hunting dogs; release on state or local roadway, penalties.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-12	Senate	Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
2024-02-12	Senate	Chair votes No
2024-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-12	Senate	Printed as engrossed 24106325D-ES1
2024-02-12	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB712ES1
2024-02-12	Senate	Amendment by Senator Marsden agreed to
2024-02-12	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2024-02-12	Senate	Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-09	Senate	Passed by for the day
2024-02-08	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB712S1
2024-02-08	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 24106325D-S1
2024-02-08	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2024-02-08	Senate	Read second time
2024-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute printed 24106325D-S1
2024-02-06	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
2024-01-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2024-01-19	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 24104947D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	132.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	889	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB712
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB712+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB712S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB712ES1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106325D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB712AS
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S01V0053+SB0712
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0275SB0712+SB0712
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0334SB0712+SB0712
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0335SB0712+SB0712
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0336SB0712+SB0712