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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hunting license; bear, deer, or turkey; electronic carry."
+description: "Hunting license; bear, deer, or turkey; electronic carry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 968"
+citation: "Virginia SB 968 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Game", "Inland Fisheries and Boating", "Hunting Laws and Permits"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-03"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc40afdb-ae37-49d6-bf89-d75f0c214c83"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB968"
+source_hash: "5135ca6fd658ed9a6f331dc40b0bd95913a453ffd345836cc49291c4a2eed715"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 968 (2017) — Hunting license; bear, deer, or turkey; electronic carry.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0363)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB968ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB968ER)
+3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101294D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB968)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
+- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101294D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
+- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc40afdb-ae37-49d6-bf89-d75f0c214c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+