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Killing of deer damaging residential plants and certain property. Allows the Director of the Department of Wildlife Resources or his designee to issue a permit to kill a limited number of antlered deer when such deer cause damage to residential plants and the Director or his designee determines, upon inspection, that there is clear and convincing evidence that the damage was done by antlered deer. Upon a landowner or lessee’s request, the bill also requires the Director or his designee to issue a permit to kill antlerless deer on commercial agricultural production lands when such deer cause damage to fruit trees, Christmas trees, crops, plants, or personal property utilized for commercial agricultural production within the Commonwealth. When such damage is caused by an antlered deer, the bill requires the Director or his designee to issue a permit to kill a limited number of antlered deer if the Director or his designee determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that the damage was done by antlered deer.
Introduced
Jan 2, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 8-N 0-A)
Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 7-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
Read third time
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB129)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Substitute bill reprinted 26108431D
Committee substitute printed 26108431D-S1
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs
Senate subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB129)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26106494D-H1
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102876D
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Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 8-N 0-A)