HB704: Firearms, discharge of, or hunting; certain local ordinances invalid.

Chief Patron

Clarke Hogan (R-60)
South Boston, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

County ordinances; discharge of firearms and hunting. Provides that a county may prohibit by ordinance hunting, the discharge of firearms, and the discharge of arrows from bows within one-half mile of a subdivision or in an area so heavily populated as to make hunting dangerous. However, no ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms or bows may be more restrictive than an ordinance concerning hunting. Any ordinance adopted after January 1, 1995 concerning the discharge of firearms or hunting that is more restrictive than the provisions of the act is invalid. View Full Text »