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Relating to criminal trespass while hunting, fishing, or trapping, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2019
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: House committeeMarch 26, 2019
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 201974–25
- Done: Senate committeeApril 4, 2019
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to criminal trespass while hunting, fishing, or trapping and provides penalties and modifying penalties. Under current law, a person who knowingly trespasses upon the property of another commits a simple misdemeanor, punishable as a scheduled fine ranging from $200 to $1,000 dependent on whether the violation is a first, second, or third violation. The bill strikes this penalty and provides that a person who knowingly trespasses upon the property of another commits a simple misdemeanor.
Read the full explanation
A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or both. The bill strikes language allowing a peace officer to arrest the person if the person refuses to leave the property after receiving a citation or if the person immediately returns to the property after receiving a citation. The bill provides that any person who knowingly trespasses upon the property of another while hunting, fishing, or trapping commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled fine of $200 for a first violation, $500 for a second violation, and $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation, and also specifies that a person who commits a trespass while hunting deer, other than farm deer or preserve whitetail, may also be subject to arrest and civil penalties under current law.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 27, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
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