West Virginia House Bill 2627 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require that open hunting season for big game begin on a Saturday; remove certain restrictions on hunting; permit Sunday hunting on private property throughout the state with written consent of the landowner; create a ballot measure permitting counties to prohibit Sunday hunting on private land if a majority of voters within the county approve the prohibition; and permit Sunday hunting on certain public lands in counties where private hunting on Sunday is permitted.

Requiring that open hunting season for big game begin on a Saturday

Del. Joseph Statler [R]	Sen. Rupert Phillips [R]	Del. Tony Lewis [R]	Del. Mark Dean [R]
Del. Danny Wagner [R]	Del. Pat McGeehan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-21	House	To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
2017-02-21	House	Introduced in House
2017-02-21	House	To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2017-02-20	House	Filed for introduction

HB2627 (Carry Over) 2017-02-21 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	1	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2627&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2627%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=2627