Wildlife; manufacture and sale of products made from parts. (HB262)

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE BILL PASS AND SPEAKING TO THAT.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland): MR. PRESIDENT, THIS BILL HAD TO DO WITH THE SALE OF CERTAIN WILDLIFE PARTS, I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND THE RELEVANT PART. ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU, UNDER THE CAN'T SELL THOSE PARTS, AND SO WE ARE GIVING SPECIFIC PROVISIONS TO ALLOW THAT SO IT'S NOT UNLAWFUL. THAT'S ALL THE BILL DOES.

[Unknown]: MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD THE GENTLEMAN YIELD? WOULD THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD YIELD? I DON'T WANT TO YIELD. LAW, IF YOU SHOOT SOMETHING, YOU WOULD THE GENTLEMAN GREELD A QUESTION. I DON'T WANT TO YIELD, MR. PRESIDENT. HE WAS IN THE COMMITTEE. I YIELD, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT, I'D ASK IF THE LANGUAGE ON LINE 67 THROUGH 68 WILL ULTIMATELY ALLOW THE SALE LIKE PROPPED OF LIKE THE GALLBLADDER OF A BEAR. IT'S BEEN KIND OF A BLACK MARKET TARGET FOR CERTAIN ETHNIC MINORITIES. THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT. I WAS READING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION. I'M GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AS BEST I CAN. WHAT THE LANGUAGE ON 66 THROUGH 68 WOULD ALLOW IS FOR THE GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN WILDLIFE PARTS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN LEGALLY TAKEN OR HUNTED AS LONG AS IT'S NOT DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SOUND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. THAT IS THE BEST I CAN ANSWER THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION. WOULD THE GENTLEMEN YIELD FOR AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. HE YIELDS, SENATOR. GEE, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT [ LAUGHTER ] WOULD THE GENTLEMAN AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS VERY PRACTICE COULD LEAD TO HARVESTING ANIMALS FOR -- SOME OF WHICH ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY, FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN TAKING OF MEAT OR TROPHY? THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT I RECKON ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL IS CONTEMPLATED, BUT I CERTAINLY RECKON IT'S POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, SENATOR. MR. PRESIDENT. THE SENATOR FROM SPOTSYLVANIA, SENATOR REEVES.

Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania): SPEAKING TO THE BILL BRIEFLY.

[Unknown]: I'M SORRY, SENATOR?

Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania): I WISH TO SPEAK TO THE BILL BRIEFLY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BODY, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE TRAPPER'S BILL THAT WE PASSED OUT OF THIS BODY. IT HAS GONE TO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES. IT DOES NOTHING MORE THAN ALLOW THEM THE LATITUDE TO SET PROMULGATE THE REGULATIONS IN WHICH TO DO THIS. THE LAWS WERE SO TIGHT THAT THESE FOLKS THAT WERE TAKING HESS ANIMALS AND TRAPPING THESE ANIMALS WERE HAVING TO THROW AWAY THE PARTS THAT WERE STILL USEFUL, SO THIS JUST ALLOWS DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES THAT ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE REGULATIONS. I DON'T THINK THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO ALLOW GALLBLADDERS OF BEARS AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PARTS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TO GO OUT INTO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENATOR FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY, SENATOR STANLEY.

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WOULD THE GENTLEMAN FROM STAFFORD YIELD FOR A QUESTION?

[Unknown]: WILL THE SENATOR YIELD?

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta): NO, MR. PRESIDENT, I WILL NOT YIELD.

[Unknown]: HE DOES NOT YIELD, SENATOR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BILL? I THINK THERE'S ONE PRESSING ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE SENATE AGENDA THAT WAS ANSWER FOR AN ANSWER, FOR WHICH IS WOULD WE COUNT BIG FOOT AS PART OF THAT WILDLIFE AND THEREFORE WOULD THOSE PARTS BE FOR SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET, BUT SINCE THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD DOES NOT WISH TO OPINE ON SUCH A SERIOUS MATTER, I WILL SIT DOWN NOW. THANK YOU.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL HOUSE BILL 262 PASS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 34, NOS 4. AYES 34, NOS 4.

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