VA SB 1348

Title: Administrative Process Act; Department of Wildlife Resources; exemptions not to extend to agency.
Author: Taylor Montgomery Mason

Summary
Administrative Process Act; Department of Wildlife Resources; exemptions not to extend to agency actions regarding certain wildlife. Excludes from the exemptions from the Administrative Process Act granted to the Department of Wildlife Resources (the Department) certain regulations and case decisions of the Department. The bill provides that certain guidance documents in use by the Department of Wildlife Resources as of July 1, 2023, shall expire on December 31, 2023, unless such documents are filed for publication with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations by August 1, 2023, and made available for public comment as prescribed in the Administrative Process Act by December 31, 2023.

Status
Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology