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2001 SESSION
HB 2703 Saltwater recreational fishing license.
Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Saltwater recreational fishing license. Removes the seaside exemption from the requirement to have a saltwater fishing license when fishing in tidal waters. The bill exempts a person fishing from property he owns or rents, or his nonpaying guest or immediate family, from having to obtain a saltwater recreational fishing license. Currently, the exemption is limited to the person who owns property or his nonpaying guest or immediate family member. Persons fishing from a federal park or reserve located on the Eastern shore would also be exempted from having to obtain a license.
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HISTORY
- 01/17/01 House: Presented & ordered printed 013998644
- 01/17/01 House: Referred to Committee on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
- 02/03/01 House: Reported from Ches. & Its Tributaries (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/01 House: Read first time
- 02/04/01 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/01 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/16/01 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (11-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/19/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/01 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/01 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: VOTE: DEFEATED (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/21/01 Senate: Tie vote, chair votes nay