Virginia House Bill 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 12 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-01 - Continued to 2025 in Rules by voice vote
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Marine Resources Commission; study of ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of Atlantic menhaden; report. Directs the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in collaboration with the Marine Resources Commission and certain stakeholders, as provided in the bill, to conduct a three-year study of the ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of the Atlantic menhaden population in the waters of the Commonwealth. The bill requires VIMS to provide a report on its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources no later than October 1, 2027.

Atlantic menhaden; VIMS, et al., to study ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance.

Del. Lee Ware [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-01	House	Continued to 2025 in Rules by voice vote
2024-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-25	House	Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
2023-12-12	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-12-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102143D

HB19 (Carry Over) 2024-02-01 - Continued to 2025 in Rules by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB19
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB19+hil