VA HB288 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Stationary blinds for waterfowl; providing location of blinds to Department of Wildlife Resources. Requires a person that is obtaining a waterfowl blind license, at the time of the transaction, to provide the unique location of each stationary waterfowl blind to the Department of Wildlife Resources, identified as standardized latitude and longitude coordinates, using the decimal degrees format with a minimum of five digit precision. The bill further requires the Department to publish such coordinates by November 1 of each year, excluding any customer personal information, on its website in a searchable, publicly accessible, and conspicuous manner. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. Stationary blinds for waterfowl; providing location of blinds to Department of Wildlife Resources. Requires a person that is obtaining a waterfowl blind license, at the time of the transaction, to provide the unique location of each stationary waterfowl blind to the Department of Wildlife Resources, identified as standardized latitude and longitude coordinates, using the decimal degrees format with a minimum of five digit precision. The bill further requires the Department to publish such coordinates by November 1 of each year, excluding any customer personal information, on its website in a searchable, publicly accessible, and conspicuous manner. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

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Title

Stationary blinds for waterfowl; providing location of blinds to Department of Wildlife Resources.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N) (Y: 90 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)
2024-03-28 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 1/1/25)
2024-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11HouseEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-03-02SenateSigned by President
2024-02-28HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-28HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB288ER)
2024-02-28HouseEnrolled
2024-02-23SenatePassed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-23SenateRead third time
2024-02-22SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-20SenateReported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2024-02-07SenateReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2024-02-07SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2024-02-06HouseVOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N)
2024-02-06HouseRead third time and passed House (90-Y 9-N)
2024-02-05HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute HB288H1
2024-02-05HouseCommittee substitute agreed to 24106866D-H1
2024-02-05HouseRead second time
2024-02-02HouseRead first time
2024-01-31HouseCommittee substitute printed 24106866D-H1
2024-01-31HouseReported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2024-01-29HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
2024-01-22HouseSubcommittee passed by for the day
2024-01-22HouseSubcommittee adopted substitute
2024-01-15HouseAssigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2024-01-05HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-01-05HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103759D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
291344(n/a)See Bill Text
291345(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB288
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB288+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB288H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB288ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0186+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105969D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB288F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB288FH1122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB288FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0102V0007+HB0288
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H01V0037+HB0288
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0286+HB0288
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S01V0082+HB0288
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0544HB0288+HB0288
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0581HB0288+HB0288

Bill Comments

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