WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4871

By Delegates Horst, Bridges, Phillips, Crouse, Hite, Maynor, Hardy, Mazzocchi, Howell, Clark, and Kump

[Introduced January 17, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-46n, relating to allowing youths and those carrying a Class Q special hunting permit to take antlered deer.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Article 2. Wildlife Resources

§20-2-46n. Allowance for youths and Class Q special hunting permit carriers to take an antlered deer.

A youth participating in the "Special Youth Deer Season" as that term is defined in 58 CSR 45, or a person carrying a Class Q special hunting permit, shall be allowed to take one deer of any type, including antlered deer.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow youths and those carrying a Class Q special hunting permit to take antlered deer.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.