HB 963

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 07, 2020
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Bears; kill permit for those damaging crops.

Abstract

Bear damaging crops; kill permit. Requires the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to authorize the killing of bear when they are found to be responsible for damaging crops, including during a harvest. The bill prohibits the Director from authorizing nonlethal control measures unless they are specifically requested by the owner or lessee of the land where the crop damage occurred.

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Feb 11, 2020

House

Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Jan 22, 2020

House

Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)

Jan 20, 2020

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB963)

Jan 14, 2020

House

Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources

Jan 07, 2020

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104252D

House

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

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Impact statement from DPB (HB963) HTML

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