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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 SB 157, SB 194, SB 357, SB 402, and SB 1054 and is identical to HB 1448. The bill contains an emergency clause. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 791 Virginia SB 791 (2020)
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Virginia SB 791 (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 SB 157, SB 194, SB 357, SB 402, and SB 1054 and is identical to HB 1448. 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 (CHAP0356) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB791ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB791H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB791ES1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (SB791S1) (committee substitute) — source
  6. Reenrolled bill text (SB791ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (79-Y 21-N) — 7821 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption - Emergency (72-Y 18-N) — 7118 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 157 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N) — 372 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 391 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
  • Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102893D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB791)
  • 2020-01-27 Assigned ACNR sub: Menhaden referral-committee
  • 2020-02-04 Incorporates SB157 (DeSteph)
  • 2020-02-04 Incorporates SB194 (Cosgrove)
  • 2020-02-04 Incorporates SB357 (Cosgrove)
  • 2020-02-04 Incorporates SB402 (Hashmi)
  • 2020-02-04 Incorporates SB1054 (Stuart)
  • 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107115D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-04 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB791S1)
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20107115D-S1
  • 2020-02-11 Amendment by Senator Lewis agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-02-11 Emergency clause deleted
  • 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB791ES1
  • 2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20107115D-ES1
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB791ES1)
  • 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108666D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108666D-H1
  • 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB791H1
  • 2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute (79-Y 21-N) passage
  • 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (79-Y 21-N)
  • 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB791H1)
  • 2020-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108666D-H1
  • 2020-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB791ER)
  • 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 Senate
  • 2020-03-08 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-03-12 Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
  • 2020-03-12 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (72-Y 18-N)
  • 2020-03-12 VOTE: Adoption - Emergency (72-Y 18-N)
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 2020-03-12 Reenrolled
  • 2020-03-12 Reenrolled bill text (SB791ER2)
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 2020-03-12 Enacted, Chapter 356 (effective 3/12/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/538b5c59-ee8d-4507-adb5-3000fbdb68ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).