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2017 SESSION
HB 1680 Marine Resources Commission; advisory committees.
Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Marine Resources Commission; advisory committees. Establishes four advisory committees to make recommendations to the Marine Resources Commission on issues relating to the management of, respectively, crab, finfish, shellfish, and habitat. The bill also alters two existing advisory boards that deal with commercial fishing and recreational fishing, respectively, one existing advisory committee that deals with the Virginia Saltwater Sport Fishing Tournament, and one existing board that advises on the awarding of fishery resource grants. The bill provides that once appointed, no member of any of the seven committees and boards shall be removed except for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty. The provisions of the bill establishing the four new committees expire on July 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100869D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104384D-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/06/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100869D
- 01/06/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/12/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104384D-H1
- 01/26/17 House: Read first time
- 01/27/17 House: Read second time
- 01/27/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104384D-H1
- 01/27/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1680H1
- 01/30/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/02/17 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (6-Y 8-N)