Stationary blinds for waterfowl; providing location of blinds to Department of Wildlife Resources.
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 22, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
15
Committee
10
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 1/1/25)
executive
Mar 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB288ER)
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee passed by for the day
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee adopted substitute
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Wiley
RRepublican
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