Virginia House Bill 1577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Management of menhaden. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden and authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's menhaden fishery. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review. 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.

Management of menhaden.

Del. Barry Knight [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]
Del. Riley Ingram [R]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Lee Ware [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2017-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-12	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2017-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2017-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101083D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4002	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	1000.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	400.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	400.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	405	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	409	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	410	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	411	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1577
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1577+hil