BY WESLEY P. HESTER

A House subcommittee on Wednesday quietly killed legislation that would have lifted the state’s ban on Sunday hunting.

Senate Bill 464, sponsored by Sen. Ralph S. Northam, D-Norfolk, would have allowed Sunday hunting, but only on private property.

On Wednesday morning, a House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources subcommittee recommended laying the bill on the table. It faced opposition on a number of fronts, including religious and safety concerns.

Del. R. Lee Ware Jr., R-Powhatan, who chairs the subcommittee that killed the bill, outlined his opposition in a Times-Dispatch editorial last week.

“Hunters can hunt on Saturday, others can enjoy the outdoors, without the noise and the implicit concern of encountering hunters, on Sunday,” he wrote.