SB 509 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Hunting and firearms; local regulation.

Summary
Local hunting and firearm regulation. Prohibits any city or county east of the Interstate 95 corridor from prohibiting otherwise lawful hunting of migratory game birds in the jurisdictional waters of the Commonwealth and provides that no stake or stationary waterfowl blind that is erected in such public waters shall be located less than 150 yards from any occupied residence, church, or commercial building, unless the owner gives written permission to locate the blind or stake closer to the residence, church, or commercial building.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Last action Jan 28, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103794D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryce Reeves
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
VA
28