republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2255.md

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Bill	Bear hunting; youth resident license.	Creates a junior bear hunting license, separate from the combined big game hunting and junior hunting licenses, for any resident under the age of 16. The fee for such license is $5.50.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2255	Virginia HB 2255 (2017)	bill	Game Inland Fisheries and Boating Hunting Laws and Permits	enacted	James E. Edmunds, II	4	19	7	2017-01-11	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/bec26790-fa8b-49bb-8aec-6786ec4dfd10	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2255	468f6c338af5352e97ed207f2835d3d5764edffff0a666889f2d7b763365d05c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2255 (2017) — Bear hunting; youth resident license.

Creates a junior bear hunting license, separate from the combined big game hunting and junior hunting licenses, for any resident under the age of 16. The fee for such license is $5.50.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2255ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17105106D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102997D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 13–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 82–16 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 86–12 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102997D introduction
• 2017-01-11 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 substitute agreed to 17105106D-H1
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2255H1
• 2017-02-06 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-06 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
• 2017-02-06 Passed House (82-Y 16-N) passage
• 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
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bec26790-fa8b-49bb-8aec-6786ec4dfd10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).