republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1696.md

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Bill	Killing of nuisance species; authorizes shooting, etc., from a stationary automobile.	Authorizes killing a nuisance species on private property by the owner of such property or his designee from a stationary automobile or other stationary vehicle.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1696	Virginia HB 1696 (2019)	bill	Game Inland Fisheries and Boating	enacted	C. Matthew Fariss	6	18	6	2018-12-11	2019-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/046eb308-a4bd-4db6-afb7-f123da534f4a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1696	728c169a7e86de1ed1d44f9affc9ecfc3ae6fd1077d19f4b89dff158548b82a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1696 (2019) — Killing of nuisance species; authorizes shooting, etc., from a stationary automobile.

Authorizes killing a nuisance species on private property by the owner of such property or his designee from a stationary automobile or other stationary vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1696ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101583D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19101583D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 69–30 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101583D introduction
• 2018-12-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-28 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB1696E
• 2019-01-28 Printed as engrossed 19101583D-E
• 2019-01-29 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Enrolled
• 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-14 Signed by President
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
• 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/046eb308-a4bd-4db6-afb7-f123da534f4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).