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SB 791 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Management of the menhaden fishery. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to manage Atlantic menhaden, including those necessary to comply with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill repeals several Code sections relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures that will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery. The bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to establish a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the Commission. This bill incorporates SB 157, SB 194, SB 357, SB 402, and SB 1054 and is identical to HB 1448. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102893D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107115D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20107115D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108666D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB791ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB791ER2) pdf
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102893D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/27/20 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Menhaden
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SB157 (DeSteph)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SB194 (Cosgrove)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SB357 (Cosgrove)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SB402 (Hashmi)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SB1054 (Stuart)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107115D-S1
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107115D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Amendment by Senator Lewis agreed to
- 02/11/20 Senate: Emergency clause deleted
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB791ES1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20107115D-ES1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/19/20 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108666D-H1
- 02/21/20 House: Read second time
- 02/24/20 House: Read third time
- 02/24/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108666D-H1
- 02/24/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB791H1
- 02/24/20 House: Passed House with substitute (79-Y 21-N)
- 02/24/20 House: VOTE: Passage (79-Y 21-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Title replaced 20108666D-H1
- 03/04/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB791ER)
- 03/04/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 03/05/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 6, 2020
- 03/05/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/08/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 03/12/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (72-Y 18-N)
- 03/12/20 House: VOTE: Adoption - Emergency (72-Y 18-N)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 03/12/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB791ER2)
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/12/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 356 (effective 3/12/20)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)