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2001 SESSION
HB 2098 Deer; hunting with certain sight devices.
Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Hunting with certain sight devices. Prohibits the use of a firearm equipped with a sighting device other than iron or open sights between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. Any person who violates this provision (i) is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, (ii) will lose his hunting privileges for the next license year, and (iii) will have to forfeit his firearm. In addition, if the person is found hunting during the prohibited period, he is subject to a separate penalty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 013962600 pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/01 House: Printed as engrossed 013962600-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2098ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 013962600
- 01/10/01 House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/24/01 House: Reported from Cons. & Nat. Res. w/amd (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/01 House: Read first time
- 01/26/01 House: Read second time
- 01/26/01 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/26/01 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/26/01 House: Printed as engrossed 013962600-E
- 01/29/01 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/30/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/12/01 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/01 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2098ER)
- 02/21/01 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/14/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)