Prefiled:
11/23/2016
Sponsor:
Representative Mary Margaret Oliver
Issue Brief:
Ammunition Restrictions (non-lead); Standard Capacity Magazines;
Modern Sporting Rifle
Summary:
Relates to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to prohibit the possession, sale, transport, distribution, or use of certain assault weapons, large capacity magazines, armor-piercing bullets, and incendiary .50 caliber bullets; provides for crimes involving the possession, sale, transport, distribution, or use of certain assault weapons, large capacity magazines, armor-piercing bullets, and incendiary .50 caliber bullets; provides for criminal penalties.
Status:
Prefiled on November 23
Introduced:
04/27/2015
Sponsor:
Senator Bill Beagle, Member, Ohio Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Tethering of Dogs; Hunting with Dogs; Substandard Kennels
Summary:
Revises provisions of the Dogs Law governing nuisance, dangerous, and vicious dogs; revises enforcement of that law.
Status:
To House Committee on Rules and References on December 6
Ohio S 331
Introduced:
05/17/2016
Sponsor: Senator Bob Peterson
Issue Brief: Hunting with Dogs; Substandard Kennels
Summary: Regulates the sales of dogs from pet stores and dog retailers; requires the Director of Agriculture to license pet stores; revises the civil penalties applicable to dog breeders; makes changes concerning the construction of certain micro wireless facilities.
Status: Passed House. Senate concurred in House amendments on December 7.
Prefiled:
12/13/2016
Sponsor:
Senator J. Thomas McElveen
Issue Brief:
Right to Hunt, Fish, and Harvest Wildlife
Summary:
Relates to Catawba hunting and fishing licenses; allows all Native American Indians the opportunity to receive free licenses; provides that all members of recognized Native American Indian tribes in South Carolina are not required to carry migratory bird permits; allows American Indian artists from recognized tribes to sell art with waste parts from legally taken game animals; requires the artist to submit an affidavit signed by the chief of his tribe certifying the artist's tribal membership.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Fish, Game. And Forestry on December 13
Introduced:
12/13/2016
Sponsor: Senator George E. Chip Campsen, Chair, South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus
Issue Brief:
Conservation Sales Tax; Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Relates to the state income tax credit allowed for donations of a gift of land for conservation or a qualified conservation contribution; provides that the credit equals a percentage of the total value of the gift; increases the maximum annual credit allowed a taxpayer on the annual federal income tax return.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Finance on December 13
Prefiled:
11/16/2016
Sponsor:
Delegate R. Lee Ware
Issue Brief:
Knife Preemption
Summary:
Relates to carrying a switchblade knife; relates to exception; authorizes any person to carry a switchblade knife concealed when such knife is carried for the purpose of engaging in a lawful profession or recreational activity the performance of which is aided by the use of a switchblade knife; removes switchblade knives from the list of weapons the selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing of which is a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Status:
To House Committee on Courts of Justice on November 16
Prefiled:
12/09/2016
Sponsor:
Delegate R. Lee Ware
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Relates to land preservation tax credits; relates to limitations; imposes a limit on the amount of credits that may be claimed for each land conveyance and a limit on the annual amount of credits that may be claimed by each taxpayer; establishes a cap on the annual amount of credits that may be claimed for a fee simple donation of land to the Commonwealth; provides that the maximum annual amount of credits that may be issued to all taxpayers shall not exceed the specified amount.
Status:
To House Committee on Finance on December 9
Prefiled:
12/13/2016
Sponsor:
Delegate Bobby Orrock
Issue Brief:
Conservation Tax Incentives
Summary:
Relates to real property tax; relates to special assessment for land preservation; prohibits any locality from requiring any taxpayer who is the lessor of real property to produce the lease for the purpose of determining whether the property is eligible for special assessment for land preservation.
Status:
Prefiled on December 13
Introduced:
12/13/2016
Sponsor:
Delegate Bobby Orrock
Issue Brief:
Substandard Kennels
Summary:
Relates to cats and dogs; relates to lifetime licenses; authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license; removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1.
Status:
Prefiled on December 13
Prefiled:
12/02/2016
Sponsor:
Senator William Stanley
Issue Brief:
Substandard Kennels
Summary:
Relates to study; relates to Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study spay-neuter programs in the Commonwealth; relates to report; requests the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study the availability and effectiveness of spay-neuter programs in Commonwealth.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Rules on December 2
Prefiled:
12/07/2016
Sponsor:
Senator Richard Stuart
Issue Brief:
Knife Preemption
Summary:
Relates to furnishing certain weapons to minor; relates to exemption; exempts the transfer of a dirk, switchblade knife, or Bowie knife between family members or for the purpose of engaging in a sporting event or activity from the current prohibition against selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing such weapons to a minor.
Status:
To Senate Committee on Courts of Justice on December 7
