republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1135.md

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Bill	Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;blue catfish work group; report. Directs the Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services, in collaboration with certain stakeholders,to convene a work group to evaluate strategies to reduce the negativeecological effects of blue catfish and to increase the sales andmarketing of blue catfish. The bill requires the work group to (i)review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a marketfor blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors forthe blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that theCommonwealth can take to promote and expand the market for blue catfish.The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendationsto the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, and theChairmen of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation andNatural Resources and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committeeson Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriationsby December 1, 2024.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1135	Virginia HB 1135 (2024)	bill		enacted	M. Keith Hodges	4	35	8	2024-01-10	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d160f81d-ba9f-44b3-8c62-b67a36d429f8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1135	dba4e8f0a76177cbc021a5936774e7deab96635dc4aae123821bcecedffd8e7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1135 (2024) — Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;blue catfish work group; report. Directs the Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services, in collaboration with certain stakeholders,to convene a work group to evaluate strategies to reduce the negativeecological effects of blue catfish and to increase the sales andmarketing of blue catfish. The bill requires the work group to (i)review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a marketfor blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors forthe blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that theCommonwealth can take to promote and expand the market for blue catfish.The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendationsto the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, and theChairmen of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation andNatural Resources and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committeeson Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriationsby December 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0218 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106355D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1135ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102689D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N) — 92–5 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102689D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1135)
• 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106355D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1135H1)
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24106355D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1135H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1135ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1135ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 218 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0218)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d160f81d-ba9f-44b3-8c62-b67a36d429f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).