Virginia House Bill 2687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-14 - Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Special license for hunting elk. Authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries (the Board) to create a special license for hunting elk. Such license shall be required in addition to general hunting licenses. The bill authorizes the Board to establish guidelines (i) related to selection of applicants for eligibility to purchase a special elk license and (ii) permitting the transfer of special elk licenses to individuals or wildlife conservation organizations whose mission is to ensure the conservation of Virginia's wildlife resources. The bill authorizes the Board to establish a nonrefundable application fee of $15 for residents and $20 for nonresidents and a special elk license fee at no more than $40 for residents and $400 for nonresidents. The bill directs the Board, as funds become available, to utilize a portion of the fees collected for special elk licenses to compensate an owner or lessee of agricultural land for agricultural damage directly caused by elk.

Hunting elk; authorizes Board of GIF to create a special license.

Del. James Morefield [R]

Del. Chris Hurst [D]

2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (84-Y 14-N) (Y: 84 N: 14 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with letter (14-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Committee amendments
2019-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2019-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (84-Y 14-N)
2019-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (84-Y 14-N)
2019-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2687H1
2019-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105676D-H1
2019-02-01	House	Read second time
2019-01-31	House	Read first time
2019-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 19105676D-H1
2019-01-30	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2019-01-16	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-01-14	House	Presented and ordered printed 19104020D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	1	305.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2687
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2687+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2687H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0102V0012+HB2687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H01V0037+HB2687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2200+HB2687
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S01V0094+HB2687