VA HB1516 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 10 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Visiting wildlife traps. Requires the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations allowing trappers to use remote trap-checking technology to check traps under specified conditions. Current law requires trappers to visit their traps either daily or, in the case of body-gripping traps that are completely submerged, once every 72 hours and remove all animals that have been caught in the traps.

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Title

Wildlife traps; use of remote trap-checking technology.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047)
2015-03-10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-02-24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-02-24HouseEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/24/15
2015-02-23SenateSigned by President
2015-02-20HouseSigned by Speaker
2015-02-20HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB1516ER)
2015-02-20HouseEnrolled
2015-02-17SenatePassed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-17SenateReconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-17SenatePassed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2015-02-17SenateRead third time
2015-02-16SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-12SenateReported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2015-02-03SenateReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2015-02-03SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2015-02-02HouseVOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2015-02-02HouseRead third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2015-01-30HouseRead second time and engrossed
2015-01-29HouseRead first time
2015-01-28HouseReported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
2015-01-21HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2015-01-19HouseAssigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources
2015-01-06HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2015-01-06HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101888D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
291521(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1516
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1516+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1516ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0047+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H0102V0001+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H01V0023+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV1753+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S01V0063+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0500HB1516+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0532HB1516+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0542HB1516+HB1516
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0543HB1516+HB1516

Bill Comments

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