Dogs; hunting game animals, fur-bearing animals, and nuisance species, permits, civil penalties.

The requirement for written permission to hunt was expanded to include verbal permission as an acceptable alternative for preventing hunting dogs from entering unauthorized property.

A new exemption was added allowing the use of dogs without a permit on public lands where hunting is legally permitted.

A new subsection D was added stating that nothing in the bill prohibits activities already authorized under another Virginia code section (§ 18.2-136).

The document was reformatted from a standard House Bill layout to a House Substitute format with line numbers and page headers, but the substantive policy language remains consistent.

The list of regulations the Department must create was expanded to include 'penalties for violations of this section' as a new requirement.

The requirement for practices to reduce the likelihood of dogs entering unauthorized property was changed to 'prevent a hunting dog from entering onto real property on which the permit holder does not have written permission to hunt' for more specific language.

Exemptions from the permit requirement were expanded to include hunting waterfowl, migratory birds, and upland game birds in addition to the original exemptions for mounted fox hunting and tracking dogs.

The language describing permit revocation and suspension criteria was changed from 'criteria for permit revocation or suspension' to 'criteria for permit enforcement, revocation, or suspension' to broaden the scope of enforcement actions.