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2018 SESSION
SB 552 Crab pots and peeler pots; marine-biodegradable escape panels, penalty.
Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Crab pots and peeler pots; marine-biodegradable escape panels; penalty. Requires any crab pot sold in the Commonwealth and any peeler pot regulated by the Marine Resources Commission (the Commission), or used or sold in the Commonwealth, beginning January 1, 2019, to have two marine-biodegradable escape panels, defined in the bill, on different sidewalls of the upper chamber of the crab pot or peeler pot, as applicable. The bill requires that beginning July 1, 2020, any crab pot regulated by the Commission, or used or sold in the Commonwealth, have two such panels. The bill makes a violation of such provisions a Class 3 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102504D pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18102504D-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102504D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/18/18 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/22/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/18 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/23/18 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/23/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB552E
- 01/23/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18102504D-E
- 01/24/18 Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N)