republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-402.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. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders in order to support and encourage coordination regarding efforts to create a robust and resilient market for blue catfish. The work group shall (i) review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a market for blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors for the blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that the Commonwealth can take to promote and expand the market for blue catfish. The Department shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the work group to the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, and relevant committees of the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1135.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 402	Virginia SB 402 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	33	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/3df7e6e3-d13a-415b-b02f-e978631d6927	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB402	6d86c4a41a1a331570c7ad86c206089e7e0a6e8bb34bb0dde535319c4a921102	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 402 (2024) — Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; blue catfish work group; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders in order to support and encourage coordination regarding efforts to create a robust and resilient market for blue catfish. The work group shall (i) review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a market for blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors for the blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that the Commonwealth can take to promote and expand the market for blue catfish. The Department shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the work group to the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, and relevant committees of the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1135.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0240 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102283D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB402ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (92-Y 4-N) — 91–4 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
• Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102283D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB402)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-06 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Passed House (92-Y 4-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: Passage (92-Y 4-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB402ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 240 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240)
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB402ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3df7e6e3-d13a-415b-b02f-e978631d6927. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).