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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 770: Hunters and fishers; persons going on land, etc., without consent of landowner, Class 1 misdemeanor.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 770 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Hunters and fishers; persons going on land, etc., without consent of landowner, Class 1 misdemeanor. Primary sponsor: Bryce Reeves (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 16, 2026): Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 25-N 0-A).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Board of Wildlife Resources; early special deer muzzleloading season; hunting with dogs. Directs the Board of Wildlife Resources to prescribe an early muzzleloading season to hunt deer that is no less than three weeks in duration and provides that no person shall hunt any game or nuisance species with dogs during the three-week period following such early muzzleloading season.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryce ReevesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 25-N 0-A)
  2. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
  3. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
  4. Read second time
  5. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  6. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  7. Rules suspended
  8. Committee substitute printed 26106963D-S1
  9. Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
  10. Senate committee offered
  11. Senate subcommittee offered
  12. Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source