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1998 SESSION

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HB 585 Assisting hunters.

Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Assisting hunters. Allows persons who, during a hunt, reach their daily bag or season limit for turkeys, ducks, geese and swans to assist others who are hunting, by calling these wild birds, so long as their weapons are unloaded. Hunters who have reached their limit before the hunt may offer such assistance but are forbidden to have a weapon in their possession.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 980827100  pdf
• 03/17/98  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB585ER)  pdf
• 04/17/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/21/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 980827100
• 01/21/98  House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/28/98  House: Reported from Cons. & Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/98  House: Read first time
• 01/30/98  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/02/98  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/98  House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N)
• 02/03/98  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 1-N)
• 02/03/98  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/04/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/98  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 03/02/98  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 03/03/98  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/98  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/98  Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (36-Y 0-N)
• 03/17/98  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB585ER)
• 03/23/98  House: Enrolled
• 03/23/98  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/25/98  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/12/98  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/98)
• 04/17/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)