Bait fish; unlawful to transport for sale outside of the Commonwealth, penalty.
Summary
Transportation of bait fish for sale; penalty. Prohibits the transportation for sale outside of the Commonwealth of river herring, alewife, threadfin shad, or gizzard shad, or the carcass or any part thereof, collected from the inland waters for use as bait fish. A violation of the provisions of the bill constitutes a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Apr 7, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2020
How they voted
39–1
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 29, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 808 (effective 4/7/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (96-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (11-Y 0-N 3-A)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100784D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
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