Right to Hunt and Fish
Amends
Article XI. Conservation
Section 4. Right of the people to hunt, fish, and harvest game
Summary
This measure, in a largely symbolic move (as these practices were not exactly threatened), establishes a constitutional right to hunt and fish.
Shall the Constitution of Virginia be amended by adding a provision concerning the right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game?
- First resolution – HJ523 – 1999
- Second resolution – HJ124 – 2000
- Referendum legislation – HB787 – 2000
Article XI. Conservation
Section 4. Right of the people to hunt, fish, and harvest game.
The people have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest game, subject to such regulations and restrictions as the General Assembly may prescribe by general law.
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/article11/section4/
