WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 3409
By Delegates Toney, Vance, Brooks, Dean, Heckert, and Cooper
[Introduced March 17, 2025; referred to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact ยง20-2-35 of the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
Licenses and permits provided by this chapter shall be valid through the last day of the calendar year for which they are issued a year from the date of issue unless otherwise provided by law.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses from the last day of the calendar year for which they were issued to a year from the date of issue.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.