Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB509
Legislation Overview
Title: Hunting and firearms; local regulation.
Description: Local hunting and firearm regulation. Prohibits any city or county east of the Interstate 95 corridor from prohibiting otherwise lawful hunting of migratory game birds in the jurisdictional waters of the Commonwealth and provides that no stake or stationary waterfowl blind that is erected in such public waters shall be located less than 150 yards from any occupied residence, church, or commercial building, unless the owner gives written permission to locate the blind or stake closer to the residence, church, or commercial building.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N)
Last Action Date: January 28, 2020
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Bryce Reeves (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2020 | Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2020 | Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2020 | Rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103794D |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) | 01/22/2020 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N) | 01/28/2020 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
