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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction."
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description: "Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibitionupon conviction. Provides that any person convicted of violatinga hunting, fishing, or trapping law may also be prohibited by thecourt from hunting, fishing, or trapping for a period of one to fiveyears."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 449"
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citation: "Virginia HB 449 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eefd16e-2838-4f9d-8472-95f5748ab2cf"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB449"
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source_hash: "3bf18d36e02d53932aff088a6e70e9a43b382205cdc249c4c2dc6310642707c8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 449 (2020) — Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction.
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Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibitionupon conviction. Provides that any person convicted of violatinga hunting, fishing, or trapping law may also be prohibited by thecourt from hunting, fishing, or trapping for a period of one to fiveyears.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0311)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB449ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB449ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB449)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB449)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N 1-A) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103450D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB449)
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N 1-A)
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- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB449ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eefd16e-2838-4f9d-8472-95f5748ab2cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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