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2013 SESSION

Convened January 9, 2013
Adjourned sine die February 23, 2013
Reconvened April 3, 2013
Adjourned sine die April 3, 2013


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(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation
(C) Carried over from 2012 Session (CD) Carried over but died in committee on or before 11/29/2012
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State’s membership. Repealing § 28.2-1000. (Patron-Stuart, SB 18 (CD))
Coastal primary sand dunes; authorizes Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to determine which structures or properties are in imminent danger from erosion or storm damage. Amending § 28.2-1408.2. (Patron-Tata, HB 40 (CD))
Duck blind license; renewal date changed. Amending §§ 29.1-344, 29.1-345, 29.1-347, 29.1-349, and 29.1-351; adding §§ 29.1-344.1 and 29.1-345.1. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 1249 (CD))
Fishing licenses; Virginia Marine Resources Commission may revoke privileges to fish within State’s tidal waters and revoke, prohibit issuance, etc., any licenses if violation of provision. Amending § 28.2-232. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1106 (Chapter 50))
Freshwater fish; sale and purchase of those that are grown in aquaculture facility. Amending § 29.1-553. (Patron-Keam, HB 2149 (F))
Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; removes jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws in Back Bay and inlets in Tidewater. Amending § 29.1-109. (Patron-Stuart, SB 176 (CD))
Home-produced operations; exempts food products processed or prepared in private homes or farms from Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulations. Amending §§ 3.2-5101 and 28.2-803. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 1839 (F))
Hunting and fishing; authorizes Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue trip licenses for time periods and costs determined by Board. Amending §§ 29.1-303.1 and 29.1-311. (Patron-Edmunds, HB 2184 (Chapter 351))
Menhaden fish; allowable catch for those landed in State by purse seine menhaden reduction sector, etc., report. Amending §§ 2.2-4002, 28.2-204.1, 28.2-402, 28.2-403, 28.2-1000.2, and Chapters 178 and 728, 2010 Acts; adding §§ 28.2-400.1 through 28.2-400.6; repealing § 28.2-1000.2. Emergency. (Patron-Scott, E.T., HB 2254 (Chapter 760); Stuart, SB 1291 (Chapter 59))
Menhaden fish; total allowable catch for those landed in State. Amending §§ 2.2-4002, 28.2-204.1, 28.2-402, and 28.2-1000.2; adding §§ 28.2-1000.3, 28.2-1000.4, and 28.2-1000.5; repealing second enactment of Chapter 41, 2007 Acts. (Patron-Ware, R.L., HB 1840 (I) See HB2254)
Menhaden management; authorizes Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to comply with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. Amending § 28.2-201. (Patron-Northam, SB 466 (CD))
Nonresident freshwater fishing license; establishes one-day license to fish in inland waters of State. Adding § 29.1-302.3:1. (Patron-Crockett-Stark, HB 1413 (F))
Nontidal waters; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and Virginia Marine Resources Commission to cooperatively inventory those that flow above state-owned bottomlands and that may be used by public for recreation. (Patron-Deeds, SB 880 (F))
Oyster beds; adjustment of boundaries on Eastern Shore. Adding § 28.2-553.1. (Patron-Northam, SB 550 (CD))
Oyster inspection tax; authorizes Potomac River Fisheries Commission to impose, proceeds solely for planting seed or shell oyster on working bottom. Amending § 28.2-1001. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1110 (Chapter 688))
Oyster replenishment tax; reorganizes, clarifies, and renames as a system of oyster resource user fees. Amending §§ 28.2-226, 28.2-228, 28.2-511, 28.2-538, 28.2-541, 28.2-542, 28.2-546, 28.2-548, 28.2-549, and 28.2-550; repealing §§ 28.2-539, 28.2-540, 28.2-543, and 28.2-544. (Patron-Ransone, HB 1400 (Chapter 38))
Potomac River Compact; changes penalty for illegal fishing in Potomac River, jurisdiction of court. Amending § 28.2-1001. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1108 (Chapter 635))
Public beaches; sand replenishment projects abutting waters of Chesapeake Bay that involve dredging and that require permit from Marine Resources Commission or Department of Environmental Quality, decision on issuance of permit shall be made within 90 days. Adding § 28.2-1205.2. (Patron-Stolle, HB 1531 (Chapter 196); Wagner, SB 946 (Chapter 45))
Saltwater recreational fishing; allows State residents 65 years of age and older to purchase lifetime license for $5. Amending § 28.2-302.10:1. (Patron-Ransone, HB 1805 (Chapter 344); Stuart, SB 1213 (Chapter 55))
Wetlands; removes from Virginia’s standard zoning ordinance condition that be owned or leased by State if governmental activity occurring there is to be authorized. Amending § 28.2-1302. (Patron-McWaters, SB 926 (F))

2013 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, and Resolutions - For additional information, please contact the House of Delegates Information and Public Relations Office, P. O. Box 406, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23218, telephone (804) 698-1500.