South Carolina Senate Bill 1029 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-27 - Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
Pending: Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relating To The Sale And Trafficking In Fish, To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Any Person, Except A Commercial Fisherman Or A Person Who Harvests Fish In Any Capacity With The Intent Of Gaining Monetary Benefits Through Sale, Barter, Or Trade Of Fins As A Byproduct Of The Capture Of Any Cartilaginous Fish, To Possess, Sell, Offer For Sale, Import, Bring, Or Cause To Be Brought Or Imported Into This State Fins Of Cartilaginous Fish For Retail Purposes, To Provide That A Commercial Fisherman Or A Person Who Harvests Fish In Any Capacity With The Intent Of Gaining Monetary Benefits Through Sale, Barter, Or Trade Of Fins As A Byproduct Of The Capture Of Any Cartilaginous Fish May Sell Or Offer For Sale Fins Only After The Initial Detachment, To Provide That No Person Shall Intentionally, Knowingly, Recklessly, Or With Criminal Negligence Fail To Salvage For Bait Or Human Consumption More Than Fifty Percent Of The Edible Meat Of Any Cartilaginous Fish, To Provide That No Person Shall Intentionally, Knowingly, Recklessly, Or With Criminal Negligence Fail To Salvage For Bait Or Human Consumption All Skeletal Muscular Tissue Of A Cartilaginous Fish; To Amend Chapter 5, Title 50 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Catch Limits, To Provide That It Is Unlawful To Take Or Possess A Great Hammerhead Shark, A Smooth Hammerhead Shark, A Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Or A Carolina Hammerhead Shark, To Provide Penalties And To Define Necessary Terms.

Catch limits

Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-27	Senate	Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
2016-01-27	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H4839 (Similar To) 2016-02-04 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1029&session=121&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/prever/1029_20160127.htm