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2024 SESSION

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HB 288 Stationary blinds for waterfowl; providing location of blinds to Department of Wildlife Resources.

Introduced by: Bill Wiley | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Stationary blinds for waterfowl; providing location of blinds to Department of Wildlife Resources. Requires a person that is obtaining a waterfowl blind license, at the time of the transaction, to provide the unique location of each stationary waterfowl blind to the Department of Wildlife Resources, identified as standardized latitude and longitude coordinates, using the decimal degrees format with a minimum of five digit precision. The bill further requires the Department to publish such coordinates by November 1 of each year, excluding any customer personal information, on its website in a searchable, publicly accessible, and conspicuous manner. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103759D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/31/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106866D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB288ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/28/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103759D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/15/24  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
• 01/22/24  House: Subcommittee adopted substitute
• 01/22/24  House: Subcommittee passed by for the day
• 01/29/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/24  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 01/31/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106866D-H1
• 02/02/24  House: Read first time
• 02/05/24  House: Read second time
• 02/05/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106866D-H1
• 02/05/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB288H1
• 02/06/24  House: Read third time and passed House (90-Y 9-N)
• 02/06/24  House: VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N)
• 02/07/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/20/24  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB288ER)
• 02/28/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/28/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 1/1/25)
• 03/28/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)