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2012 SESSION
SB 26 Conservation police officers; clarifies authority.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Authority of conservation police officers. Clarifies that conservation police officers may not stop a person for the purpose of determining compliance with the laws, rules, and regulations of the Commonwealth or its localities without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. The bill also repeals a section of the Code allowing conservation police officers to inspect game and fish for the purposes of enforcing bag and creel limits without first making an arrest.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100889D pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/12 Senate: Printed as engrossed 12100889D-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/28/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100889D
- 12/28/11 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/19/12 Senate: Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/12 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/08/12 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/12 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/13/12 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/13/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB26E
- 02/13/12 Senate: Printed as engrossed 12100889D-E
- 02/14/12 Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N)