---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting with the assistance of dogs; hunting or killing raccoons on Sunday."
description: "Removes the prohibition on hunting or killing raccoons after 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "Virginia HB 239 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Game", "Inland Fisheries and Boating", "Hunting Laws and Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca275616-ed80-4494-9615-a828ada38e86"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB239"
source_hash: "0ec0d7dd625ea2bf094b7e29773c941562783f585a74fd891763c0c161a92ae4"
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 HB 239 (2018) — Hunting with the assistance of dogs; hunting or killing raccoons on Sunday.

Removes the prohibition on hunting or killing raccoons after 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB239ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB239ER)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105399D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB239H1)
3. **House: Floor substitute printed 18106254D-H2 (Kilgore)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB239H2)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103859D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB239)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **17–5** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **80–19** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103859D `introduction`
- **2018-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-15** Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2018-01-30** Floor substitute printed 18106254D-H2 (Kilgore)
- **2018-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** Committee substitute rejected 18105399D-H1
- **2018-01-30** Substitute by Delegate Kilgore agreed to 18106254D-H2
- **2018-01-30** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB239H2
- **2018-01-31** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 113 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca275616-ed80-4494-9615-a828ada38e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).