Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB886
Legislation Overview
Title: Hunting with dogs; retrieval & trespass, discharge of firearm on road, civil & criminal penalties.
Description: Hunting with dogs; retrieval and trespass; discharge of firearm on road; civil and criminal penalties. Prohibits a dog owner from allowing his dog to run at large on the property of another after the landowner has given notice to the dog owner to keep dogs off the property. The bill provides for a civil penalty of $100 per dog enforced by animal control, conservation police, and other law-enforcement officers and a civil penalty of $250 per occurrence for a second or subsequent occurrence. The bill contains an exception to the penalty if the dog's owner or custodian releases the dog on property measuring 500 acres or more that is owned or leased by him or on which he has written permission to hunt.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
Last Action Date: January 29, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Dave Marsden (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2020 | Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20107111D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2020 | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 1-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104842D |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 29, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 8, 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: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 1-N 1-A) | 01/29/2020 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
