Menhaden fishery; VMRC to adopt regulations to implement Interstate Fishery Management Plan. (HB150)
Introduced By
Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach) with support from 16 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Steve Heretick (D-Portsmouth), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake), Del. Joe Lindsey (D-Norfolk), Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg), Del. Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Bill DeSteph (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake), Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Management of menhaden. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden and authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's menhaden fishery. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review. Several sections dealing with quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures are repealed and will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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12/22/2015 | Committee |
12/22/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101165D |
12/22/2015 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/11/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB150) |
01/13/2016 | Assigned to sub: Subcommittee Chesapeake |
01/13/2016 | Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee Chesapeake |
01/13/2016 | Assigned ACNR sub: |
01/28/2016 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
02/16/2016 | Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |