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2022 SESSION

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HB 1344 Hunters, certain; right to go on lands of another.

Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another. Creates exceptions to the prohibition on hunters carrying firearms or bows and arrows on their persons or hunting any game while thereon if (i) their dog is in immediate danger or (ii) they obtained prior permission from the landowner or his agent. The bill also provides that, prior to going on prohibited lands to retrieve his dog during legal, daylight hunting hours, if the land is so posted, a hunter shall attempt to contact the landowner by phone, text, or email using contact information that is clearly provided on such posted signs.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/22  House: Presented and ordered printed 22104484D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/09/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22105280D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/21/22  House: Presented and ordered printed 22104484D
• 01/21/22  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/31/22  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
• 02/09/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
• 02/09/22  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
• 02/09/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22105280D-H1
• 02/11/22  House: Read first time
• 02/14/22  House: Read second time
• 02/14/22  House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105280D-H1
• 02/14/22  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1344H1
• 02/15/22  House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 39-N)
• 02/15/22  House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
• 02/16/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 03/01/22  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N)