Menhaden fishery; extends sunset provision for management of fishery. (HB655)

Introduced By

Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Management of the menhaden fishery. Extends the sunset date for management of the menhaden fishery from January 1, 2015, to July 1, 2016. The bill also allows any person purchasing more than one of the licenses for the same vessel to catch menhaden with a purse net to pay a fee equal to that for a single license. The provisions of the program enacted in 2014 that would be extended include (i) criteria for qualifying for a limited entry purse seine bait license,(ii) allocation of the total allowable landings, (iii) administration of the management program, (iv) reporting requirements, (v) biological sampling, (vi) license fees, (vii) authority of the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission, and (viii) annual closure of the fishery. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/07/2014Committee
01/07/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103509D
01/07/2014Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/14/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB655)
01/15/2014Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/16/2014Read first time
01/17/2014Read second time and engrossed
01/20/2014Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
01/20/2014VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
01/21/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
01/21/2014Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/23/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB655)
02/13/2014Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/18/2014Read third time
02/18/2014Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/2014Enrolled
02/20/2014Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER)
02/20/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB655ER)
02/20/2014Signed by Speaker
02/22/2014Signed by President
03/05/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (effective 7/1/14)
03/05/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (effective - see bill)
03/05/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.