VirginiaFishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty.
What it does
Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to issue licenses or permits to any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. The bill specifies that such license or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission for each boat so employed.
More detail
Current law allows any person to fish with trawl nets and drag nets for fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, provided such person has a license issued by the Commission to trawl within the three-mile limit from Cape Charles north to the Maryland line, except during September and October and from 36° 40' north latitude south to the North Carolina line at any time, and from Cape Henry south to 36° 40' north latitude between October 1 and May 1. This bill is identical to SB 933.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 18Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)Latest
- Mar 18Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 13 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
- Feb 19Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1697ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 28Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 24Read first timeMinor
- Jan 22Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Assigned ACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
- Jan 4Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 4Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102069DIntroduced