Virginia Senate Bill 820 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 7 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-19 - Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Management of menhaden. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Interstate 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. Several existing codified provisions relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures are repealed and will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery.

Menhaden fishery; VMRC to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's fishery.

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2017-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-19	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N)
2016-11-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2016-11-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100639D

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+SB820
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB820+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S01V0023+SB0820