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2024 SESSION
HB 1135 Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.
Introduced by: M. Keith Hodges | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; blue catfish work group; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders in order to support and encourage coordination regarding efforts to create a robust and resilient market for blue catfish. The work group shall (i) review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a market for blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors for the blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that the Commonwealth can take to promote and expand the market for blue catfish. The Department shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the work group to the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, and relevant committees of the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 402.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102689D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106355D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1135ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0218) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102689D
- 01/10/24 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/23/24 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106355D-H1
- 01/31/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106355D-H1
- 02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1135H1
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/23/24 Senate: Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/24 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1135ER)
- 03/04/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 218 (effective 7/1/24)
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0218)