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2006 SESSION

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HB 575 Trapping; exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely submerged.

Introduced by: Samuel A. Nixon, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Trapping; penalty. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to allow governmental employees and persons holding a commercial Nuisance Annual Permit to visit conibear-style traps once every 72 hours.  However, private trappers would continue to be required to visit their conibear traps every day. The bill also clarifies that a trapper can shoot an animal caught in his trap without having to obtain a hunting license and allows the shooting to occur every day of the week, including Sundays during the prescribed seasons.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067240432  pdf | impact statement
• 01/25/06  House: Committee substitute printed 067255432-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB575ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067240432
• 01/10/06  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/25/06  House: Reported from ACNR with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/06  House: Committee substitute printed 067255432-H1
• 01/26/06  House: Read first time
• 01/27/06  House: Read second time
• 01/27/06  House: Committee substitute agreed to 067255432-H1
• 01/27/06  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB575H1
• 01/30/06  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/06  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/06  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/31/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/06  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/06/06  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/06  Senate: Read third time
• 02/08/06  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/06  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB575ER)
• 02/15/06  House: Enrolled
• 02/15/06  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/15/06  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/06  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 7/1/06)
• 03/27/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)