SB471
Hunting dogs; releasing on state or local roadway, hunting, fishing, and trapping special license.
Status:
Killed
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N)
Chief Patron:
Dave Marsden (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Releasing of hunting dogs; state or local roadway; hunting, fishing, and trapping special license; penalty.
Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for the release of hunting dogs on or within 15 feet of the edge of a roadway owned or maintained by the Department of Transportation or a locality and provides that a second or subsequent offense is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill allows a ... (More) court to prohibit any person who released hunting dogs on or within 15 feet of the edge of a roadway owned or maintained by the Department or locality from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the Commonwealth for a period of up to five years. The bill permits the stopping of a vehicle on a highway for the retrieval of a companion animal from a highway or area adjacent to a highway. The bill allows certain people such as a landowner and other people associated with such landowner, stockholder, tenant, or guest of the landowner in certain circumstances, to apply for a special license to hunt, fish, and trap exclusively on a landowner's property in lieu of other hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses required by state law. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102612D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N)
