West Virginia Senate Bill 721 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Engrossed on March 25 2025 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-26 - To House Government Organization
Pending: House Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and dogs while hunting; to add to the definition of "critical infrastructure" certain licensed or commercial livestock and poultry facilities to protect them from unauthorized Unmanned Aerial Vehicle surveillance or attack; and to provide criminal penalties for damage to critical infrastructure or farm lands with fences, livestock, or agriculture land or crops, whether operated as a for-profit business or not for-profit farming.

Authorizing use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track certain mortally wounded wild animals

Sen. Bill Hamilton [R]

Sen. Darren Thorne [R]

Sen. Craig Hart [R]

2025-03-25 - Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 170) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-26	House	To House Government Organization
2025-03-26	House	To Government Organization
2025-03-26	House	Introduced in House
2025-03-26	House	House received Senate message
2025-03-25	Senate	Ordered to House
2025-03-25	Senate	Passed Senate (Roll No. 170)
2025-03-25	Senate	Read 3rd time
2025-03-25	Senate	On 3rd reading
2025-03-24	Senate	Read 2nd time
2025-03-24	Senate	On 2nd reading
2025-03-21	Senate	Read 1st time
2025-03-21	Senate	On 1st reading
2025-03-20	Senate	2nd reference dispensed
2025-03-20	Senate	Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
2025-03-06	Senate	To Natural Resources
2025-03-06	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2025-03-06	Senate	To Natural Resources then Judiciary
2025-03-06	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2	5j	Amended Code	Citation Text
61	10	34	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=721&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb721%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=721
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb721%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=721
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2025/RS/votes/senate/03-25-0170.pdf