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2021 SESSION
HB 2311 Objects of antiquity; unlawful to remove from battlefield, penalty.
Introduced by: Chris S. Runion | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Objects of antiquity; removal from battlefield; penalty. Adds land owned by a battlefield preservation organization and land on which such organization holds an easement to the category of lands on which it is unlawful to intentionally damage, disturb, or remove any object of antiquity. Current law prohibits such acts on any designated state archaeological site or on state-controlled land and provides that a violation of the prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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HISTORY
- 01/20/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21102961D
- 01/20/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)