Bear hunting; clarifies time of day during hound training season. (HB886)

Introduced By

Del. Matt Lohr (R-Harrisonburg) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Bud Phillips (D-Castlewood), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Del. Jim Shuler (D-Blacksburg)

Progress

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

Description

Bear hound training season. Allows the training of dogs to hunt bears at night. Currently, the training of dogs to hunt bears is limited to one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2008Committee
01/08/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088059604
01/08/2008Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/17/2008Assigned ACNRsub: #2 Natural Resource
01/18/2008Impact statement from DPB (HB886)
01/30/2008Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2008Read first time
02/01/2008Read second time
02/01/2008Committee amendment agreed to
02/01/2008Engrossed by House as amended HB886E
02/01/2008Printed as engrossed 088059604-E
02/04/2008Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/04/2008VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2008Communicated to Senate
02/05/2008Constitutional reading dispensed
02/05/2008Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
02/08/2008Impact statement from DPB (HB886E)
02/11/2008Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2008Read third time
02/13/2008Passed by for the day
02/14/2008Read third time
02/14/2008Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/18/2008Enrolled
02/18/2008Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER)
02/18/2008Signed by Speaker
02/19/2008Impact statement from DPB (HB886ER)
02/19/2008Signed by President
02/27/2008G Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 7/1/08)
02/27/2008G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)

Comments

Anne. Wright writes:

Is Del. Lohr trying to get us all robbed and murdered in our beds or possibly driven crazy? I wish he were a widow living on a farm in the country. Not only that the game is driven out for the season when it should be raising its' young and fattening up for REAL HUNTERS. Who is This guy?

Tim McCormack writes:

Is Del. Lohr trying to get us all robbed and murdered in our beds or possibly driven crazy?

That seems a non sequitur from this bill. How does the training of bear hounds at night (or hunting in general) relate to this?