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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2019
- Done: House committeeFebruary 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. _____ third violation. The bill strikes this penalty and provides that a person who knowingly trespasses upon the property of another commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than 30 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.
Read the full explanation
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.
House subcommittee
Named January 28, 2019. Meeting: Thursday, January 31 · 12:30 PM · House Lounge.
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Lobbying
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