VA Committee | House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | SB1280 | Fox and coyote enclosures; penalty. Makes it unlawful for any person to (i) stage or participate in any competition where a fox or coyote is pursued by dogs in an enclosure or (ii) award or accept any prize, money, or compensation resulting from part... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-18 |
| VA | HB1839 | Home-produced operations. Exempts food products processed or prepared in private homes or farms from Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulations that apply to food establishments so long as the products are sold to end consumers and labele... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1947 | Authority to create separate special hunting licenses. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to create separate special licenses for the hunting of deer or turkey. Under current law, the Board is authorized to create a separate special li... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1488 | Local implementation of stormwater management program. Delays the date that local governments will have to assume responsibility for administering the stormwater management program from July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2015. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2036 | Hunting with bow and arrow or crossbow. Allows persons who hunt with a bow and arrow or a crossbow to hunt wild birds or wild animals, including any nuisance species, on Sunday. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2037 | Hunting nuisance species on Sunday. Allows the hunting or killing of nuisance species on Sunday. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1591 | Plastic bags; use by retailers. Bans the use of plastic carryout bags by retailers at the point of sale unless such bags are (i) durable plastic bags with handles, (ii) at least 2.25 mils thick, and (iii) specifically designed and manufactured for mu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2112 | Hunting on Sunday. Allows hunting on Sunday on state and federal military bases, installations, and facilities with the approval of the commanding officer of the base, installation, or facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2242 | Animal abuser registration; penalties. Requires anyone 18 or older who has been convicted of a felony violation of an animal cruelty law to register with the office of the primary law-enforcement agency in the locality when he is present in Virginia ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1762 | Hunting on Sunday. Allows any person to hunt or kill wild animals on Sunday, on private lands in the Counties of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William. However, the hunting or killing of wild birds on Sunday in these localities would continu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1579 | New utility infrastructure in historic rivers. Allows the consideration of construction of new utility infrastructure as an alternative solution in the planning for use and development of water and related land resources along the Historic Lower Jame... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2149 | Sale of freshwater fish. Allows the sale and purchase of freshwater fish that are grown in an aquaculture facility, so long as the fish is of the same species as a fish found in Virginia waters. The person selling or offering for sale such fish is re... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HJR609 | Study; composition of biosolids; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to study the substances contained in biosolids generated from wastewater treatment facilities that are applied to lands for agricultural purposes. Report. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2225 | Hunting on Sundays. Allows any person to hunt on private lands on Sunday, with the permission of the owner of the lands. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1893 | Virginia Adoptable and Transferable Companion Animal Registry. Requires the State Veterinarian to establish and maintain a website where representatives of releasing agencies may post information on companion animals that are available for adoption b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1441 | Certified nutrient management planners. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to adopt regulations stating that the certification of nutrient management planners has no effect on the rights or qualifications of licensed architects, pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1863 | Adoption of ordinances for the control of dangerous or vicious dogs. Expands the list of statutes that a locality may use as the basis for parallel ordinances by adding §3.2-6540, which deals with the control of dangerous or vicious dogs, to the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB799 | Wetlands and streams; water protection permits; conditions for contribution to a Board-approved fund. Requires as a condition for contribution to a State Water Control Board-approved fund, in lieu of creating or restoring compensatory wetland or stre... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB550 | Public oyster beds on the seaside of the Eastern Shore; adjustment of boundaries. Instructs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adjust the boundaries of the public oyster beds on the seaside of the Eastern Shore using the Baylor survey as a b... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1225 | Camping grounds; competition with private businesses. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, on or before March 1 of each year, to set its camping ground fees at or above the mean fee charged for the same service by private camping g... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1242 | Dangerous wild animals. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to privately possess, sell, transfer, or breed dangerous wild animals, which are identified by taxonomic classification. The bill would grandfather in the ownership of any existing lawful dangero... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB1249 | Duck blinds. Changes the dates for renewing a person's riparian duck blind license. For persons holding riparian duck blind license the time for obtaining a license is changed from the current period May 1 through June 15 to the period February 1 to ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB158 | Devocalization of cats and dogs; penalty. Requires veterinarians to keep records of devocalization procedures and provides that any person, including a licensed veterinarian, who performs a surgical devocalization on a cat or dog when such procedure ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB186 | Authority to prohibit land application of sewage sludge. Authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to prohibit the land application of sewage sludge within its boundaries; makes clarifying amendments. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB342 | Designation of a person authorized to kill deer or bear damaging property. Permits a landowner or lessee whose property may be damaged by deer or bear to request that another person or persons be designated to kill such animals upon any written autho... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB396 | Invasive plants. Instructs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations for the control of invasive plants. The bill classifies invasive plants as belonging to one of two tiers, depending upon whether the plant is widely dissem... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
