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HB 564 Hunting apparel; hunting from an enclosed blind, displaying solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Hunting apparel; hunting from enclosed ground blind; solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink. Allows a hunter hunting from an enclosed ground blind during any firearms deer season, except during the special season for hunting deer with a muzzle-loading rifle only, to display attached to or immediately above the blind at least 100 square inches of solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink material visible from 360 degrees in lieu of wearing specified hunting apparel. The bill also requires that all specified blaze orange or blaze pink hunting apparel or material be solid in color and safety or fluorescent in hue. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101520D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18101520D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB564ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101520D
- 01/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/18 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/17/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/18 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/26/18 House: Read first time
- 01/29/18 House: Read second time
- 01/29/18 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/29/18 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB564E
- 01/29/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18101520D-E
- 01/30/18 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/15/18 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB564ER)
- 02/22/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/05/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)