VA HB995 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Tracking wounded bear, deer, or turkey. Allows a licensed hunter to use tracking dogs to find a wounded or dead bear, deer, or turkey. The bill authorizes the hunter to have a weapon in his possession and to use it to humanely kill the tracked animal, including after legal shooting hours. The bill prohibits using the weapon to hunt, wound, or kill any animal other than the animal the hunter is tracking, except in self-defense. Current law prohibits a hunter from having a weapon in his possession while tracking.
Title
Dogs; licensed hunter may track a wounded bear, turkey, or deer with certain weapon.
Sponsors
| Del. Kathy Byron [R] |
Roll Calls
2018-03-06 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-23 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447) | |
| 2018-03-23 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (effective 7/1/18) | |
| 2018-03-16 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 | |
| 2018-03-16 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018 |
| 2018-03-10 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2018-03-08 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2018-03-08 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB995ER) |
| 2018-03-08 | House | Enrolled |
| 2018-03-06 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-03-06 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2018-03-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-03-01 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-02-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 2018-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2018-02-13 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-02-12 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB995H1 |
| 2018-02-12 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 18106509D-H1 |
| 2018-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2018-02-09 | House | Read first time |
| 2018-02-07 | House | Committee substitute printed 18106509D-H1 |
| 2018-02-07 | House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-01-31 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-01-23 | House | Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2018-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 2018-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102690D |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | 305.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 29 | 1 | 516.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
