Maryland House Joint Resolution 1

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-02-17 - Hearing 2/22 at 9:30 a.m.
Pending: House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution to be forwarded to certain elected officials.

Natural Resources – Fishing – Wild–Caught Blue Catfish

Del. Dana Stein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-17	House	Hearing 2/22 at 9:30 a.m.
2021-01-13	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2020-09-25	House	Pre-filed

SJ4 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-05 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
HJ3 (Carry Over) 2020-02-10 - Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.

Type	Source
Summary	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HJ0001?ys=2021RS
Text	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hj/hj0001f.pdf