Virginia Senate Bill 552 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 23 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-24 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Crab pots and peeler pots; marine-biodegradable escape panels; penalty. Requires any crab pot sold in the Commonwealth and any peeler pot regulated by the Marine Resources Commission (the Commission), or used or sold in the Commonwealth, beginning January 1, 2019, to have two marine-biodegradable escape panels, defined in the bill, on different sidewalls of the upper chamber of the crab pot or peeler pot, as applicable. The bill requires that beginning July 1, 2020, any crab pot regulated by the Commission, or used or sold in the Commonwealth, have two such panels. The bill makes a violation of such provisions a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Crab pots and peeler pots; marine-biodegradable escape panels, penalty.

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2018-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N) (Y: 15 N: 25 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-24	Senate	Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
2018-01-23	Senate	Printed as engrossed 18102504D-E
2018-01-23	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB552E
2018-01-23	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2018-01-23	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2018-01-23	Senate	Read second time
2018-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2018-01-18	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 4-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102504D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
28	2	701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB552
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB552+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB552E+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S01V0028+SB0552
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0089SB0552+SB0552
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0117SB0552+SB0552