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2016 SESSION

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SB 344 Sunday hunting; exempts any person who hunts rail (Rallidae) or other wetland birds.

Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sunday hunting; rails. Exempts any person who hunts Rallidae, the family of birds that includes rails and other wetland birds, from the prohibition on hunting on Sunday. The exemption is subject to geographical limitations established by the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and is not allowed within 200 yards of a place of worship or any accessory structure thereof. Current law allows, under certain circumstances, people who hunt raccoons or waterfowl or hunt on private property to do so on Sundays. The bill contains technical amendments.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100909D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB344ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/23/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100909D
• 01/11/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/28/16  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)
• 02/01/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/16  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/16  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
• 02/05/16  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/05/16  House: Read first time
• 02/05/16  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/10/16  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/16  House: Read second time
• 02/12/16  House: Read third time
• 02/12/16  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/16  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB344ER)
• 02/15/16  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/15/16  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/15/16  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/16/16  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/16/16
• 02/16/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 23, 2016
• 02/23/16  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/16)
• 02/23/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)