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Bill	Menhaden; management of the fishery.	Management of the menhaden fishery. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to manage Atlantic menhaden, including those necessary to comply with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill repeals several Code sections relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures that will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery. The bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to establish a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the Commission. This bill incorporates HB 79 and is identical to SB 791. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1448	Virginia HB 1448 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kenneth R. Plum	6	43	8	2020-01-08	2020-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/2fe92dcf-9eef-4e26-b467-4b345f720efb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1448	368914ce99a7aa835fa4a18f846cef5f91d38693a68f913c23e5525ca535ac0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1448 (2020) — Menhaden; management of the fishery.

Management of the menhaden fishery. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to manage Atlantic menhaden, including those necessary to comply with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill repeals several Code sections relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures that will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery. The bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to establish a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the Commission. This bill incorporates HB 79 and is identical to SB 791. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1448ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1448EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1448H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1448) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reenrolled bill text (HB1448ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N) — 72–25 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 5-N) — 80–5 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
• Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102890D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1448)
• 2020-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB448 (Guy)
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20107129D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20107129D-H1
• 2020-02-03 Amendment by Delegate Plum agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1448EH1
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20107129D-EH1
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 25-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N)
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1448EH1)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1448ER)
• 2020-03-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
• 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 6, 2020
• 2020-03-05 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-03-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (81-Y 5-N)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 5-N)
• 2020-03-08 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N)
• 2020-03-08 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-03-08 Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
• 2020-03-08 Reenrolled
• 2020-03-08 Reenrolled bill text (HB1448ER2)
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-03-08 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-03-08 Enacted, Chapter 201 (effective 3/8/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fe92dcf-9eef-4e26-b467-4b345f720efb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).