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| Bill | Slingbow hunting; authorizes use to hunt small and big game. | Authorizes the use of a slingbow to hunt deer and small game when a hunter is licensed to hunt with a bow and arrow. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | HB 1938 | Virginia HB 1938 (2017) |
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Virginia HB 1938 (2017) — Slingbow hunting; authorizes use to hunt small and big game.
Authorizes the use of a slingbow to hunt deer and small game when a hunter is licensed to hunt with a bow and arrow.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0530) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1938ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103783D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 17103783D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — 19–2 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 36–4 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — 94–3 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103783D
introduction - 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2017-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2017-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2017-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB1938E
- 2017-02-03 Printed as engrossed 17103783D-E
- 2017-02-06 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2017-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2017-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2017-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-24 Enrolled
- 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-24 Signed by President
- 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 530 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c11c0281-5bca-4b60-9e5c-7e3c5c3ad80f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).