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VA HB45
Bill
Status
Introduced
12/26/2025
Primary Sponsor
Hyland Fowler
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AI Summary
- Requires the Department of Wildlife Resources to be reimbursed for revenue lost from any license exemptions or free/partially discounted fees for hunting, fishing, or trapping established by the General Assembly on or after July 1, 2026
- Mandates the Department maintain an annual accounting of lost revenue and submit it to the Department of Accounts by August 1 each year
- Directs the Department of Accounts to pay the calculated lost revenue amount into the Game Protection Fund within 30 days of receiving the accounting
- Makes technical and grammatical corrections throughout the existing license exemption statute, including updating gendered language and standardizing terminology
- Subjects the revenue accounting records to audit by the State Comptroller
Legislative Description
Fees to hunt, fish, and trap; free or partially discounted, reimbursement.
Last Action
Left in Committee Appropriations
2/18/2026
Committee Referrals
Communications, Technology and Innovation2/18/2026
Appropriations2/18/2026
Appropriations: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources2/4/2026
Appropriations2/4/2026
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Agriculture1/19/2026
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources12/26/2025
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