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Bill 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 us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 HB 239 Virginia HB 239 (2018)
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Agriculture
Animal Care and Food
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Inland Fisheries and Boating
Hunting Laws and Permits
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Terry G. Kilgore
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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
  2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105399D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Floor substitute printed 18106254D-H2 (Kilgore) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103859D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 130 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 62 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 175 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House — 8019 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (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; origin ocd-bill/ca275616-ed80-4494-9615-a828ada38e86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).