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SB 770 VA
Introduced

Hunters and fishers; persons going on land, etc., without consent of landowner, Class 1 misdemeanor.

VA · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 22, 2026

Latest action (Feb 16, 2026) Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 25-N 0-A)

Summary

Board of Wildlife Resources; early special deer muzzleloading season; hunting with dogs. Directs the Board of Wildlife Resources to prescribe an early muzzleloading season to hunt deer that is no less than three weeks in duration and provides that no person shall hunt any game or nuisance species with dogs during the three-week period following such early muzzleloading season.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (14)
  1. Jan 22, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26104704D · upper
  2. Jan 22, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
  3. Jan 28, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs · upper
  4. Jan 28, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
  5. Feb 3, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  6. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (8-Y 6-N) · upper
  7. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106963D-S1 · upper
  8. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  9. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  10. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  11. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
  12. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
  13. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
  14. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 25-N 0-A) · upper

Text versions (8)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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