VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2023 SESSION

• | print version

HB 1383 Menhaden reduction fishing; prohibition.

Introduced by: Timothy Anderson-Resigned 4/3 | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Menhaden reduction fishing; prohibition. Prohibits menhaden reduction fishing in any territorial sea or inland waters of the Commonwealth for two years and prohibits the Marine Resources Commission from granting any permit for menhaden reduction fishing for two years. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Quality to prepare and submit a report relating to the environmental impact of menhaden reduction fishing in the territorial sea and inland waters of the Commonwealth to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by July 1, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of November 18, 2023, and a sunset date of November 22, 2025.

FULL TEXT

• 11/08/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100550D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 11/08/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100550D
• 11/08/22  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/18/23  House: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)