Virginia House Bill 1237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 34-7)
Status: Passed on March 5 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)
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.

Del. David Albo [R]	Del. Robert Bell [R]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]
Del. Benjamin Cline [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Riley Ingram [R]
Del. Johnny Joannou [D]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]
Del. George Loupassi [R]	Del. Robert Marshall [R]	Del. Jackson Miller [R]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]
Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Christopher Stolle [R]	Del. Thomas Greason [R]
Del. James LeMunyon [R]	Del. Barbara Comstock [R]	Del. Ron Villanueva [R]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]
Del. James Morefield [R]	Del. Gregory Habeeb [R]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. David Ramadan [R]	Del. Larry Rush [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]
Del. David Yancey [R]	Del. Joseph Yost [R]	Del. Rob Krupicka [D]	Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]
Del. Scott Taylor [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. Mark Berg [R]	Sen. Benton Chafin [R]
Del. Dave LaRock [R]

2014-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) (Y: 28 N: 11 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 27-N) (Y: 72 N: 28 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)
2014-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2014-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1237ER)
2014-02-20	House	Enrolled
2014-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
2014-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2014-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-13	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N)
2014-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2014-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-01-28	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 27-N)
2014-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House (71-Y 27-N)
2014-01-27	House	Printed as engrossed 14102270D-E
2014-01-27	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1237E
2014-01-27	House	Pending question ordered
2014-01-27	House	Amendment by Delegate Gilbert agreed to
2014-01-27	House	Committee amendment rejected
2014-01-27	House	Substitute by Delegate Fariss rejected 14104488D-H1
2014-01-27	House	Floor substitute printed 14104488D-H1 (Fariss)
2014-01-27	House	Read second time
2014-01-24	House	Passed by for the day
2014-01-23	House	Read first time
2014-01-22	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 10-N)
2014-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2014-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 14102270D

SB154 (Same As) 2014-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)

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+HB1237
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1237+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1237H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1237E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1237ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0152+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H01V0011+HB1237
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0269+HB1237
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S01V0081+HB1237
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0428HB1237+HB1237
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0446HB1237+HB1237