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2010 SESSION
HB 488 Model bow hunting; ordinances are to include times of day in which hunting can occur and limits.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Model bow hunting ordinance; penalty. Directs the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to develop model bow hunting ordinances for those counties and cities where the deer population is overabundant, resulting in conflicts between humans and deer. The ordinances are to include the times of day in which such hunting can occur and limits on how many deer can be killed. The localities adopting one of the model ordinances may impose a Class 3 misdemeanor on those persons violating the ordinance.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101119D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104792D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB488ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101119D
- 01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/26/10 House: Assigned ACNRsub: #2 Natural Resources
- 01/27/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/10 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104792D-H1
- 02/04/10 House: Read first time
- 02/08/10 House: Read second time
- 02/08/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104792D-H1
- 02/08/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB488H1
- 02/09/10 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/22/10 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/10 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/10 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/10 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB488ER)
- 03/02/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)