HB1697
Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty.
Summary
As Introduced. Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty.
Allows the Marine Resources Commission to issue licenses or permits to any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. The bill specifies ... (More) that such license or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission for each boat so employed. Current law allows any person to fish with trawl nets and drag nets for fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, provided such person has a license issued by the Commission to trawl within the three-mile limit from Cape Charles north to the Maryland line, except during September and October and from 36° 40' north latitude south to the North Carolina line at any time, and from Cape Henry south to 36° 40' north latitude between October 1 and May 1. This bill is identical to SB 933. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/04/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102069D
- 01/04/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/13/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
- 01/14/2025 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/17/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/20/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1697ER)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/18/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/18/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)
