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2005 SESSION

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HB 2086 Conservation officers; change of powers.

Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Conservation officers.  Grants conservation officers, as law-enforcement officers for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the power to arrest without a warrant and also allows them to coordinate the investigation of felonies if requested by the chief law-enforcement officer of a locality.  This bill deletes all references to conservation officers as conservators of the peace. 

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 052229118  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2086ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/24/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 052229118
• 01/11/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/05  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Criminal Law
• 02/04/05  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 2-N)
• 02/05/05  House: Read first time
• 02/07/05  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/08/05  House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N)
• 02/08/05  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 5-N)
• 02/08/05  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/09/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/14/05  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/amd (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/05  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/05  Senate: Read third time
• 02/16/05  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/16/05  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/16/05  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/16/05  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/18/05  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N)
• 02/18/05  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 2-N)
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2086ER)
• 03/09/05  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/05  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/05  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/20/05  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/05)
• 03/24/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)