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| Bill | Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. | Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to issue licenses or permits to any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. The bill specifies that such license or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission for each boat so employed. Current law allows any person to fish with trawl nets and drag nets for fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, provided such person has a license issued by the Commission to trawl within the three-mile limit from Cape Charles north to the Maryland line, except during September and October and from 36° 40' north latitude south to the North Carolina line at any time, and from Cape Henry south to 36° 40' north latitude between October 1 and May 1. This bill is identical to SB 933. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1697 | Virginia HB 1697 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1697 (2025) — Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty.
Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to issue licenses or permits to any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. The bill specifies that such license or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission for each boat so employed. Current law allows any person to fish with trawl nets and drag nets for fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, provided such person has a license issued by the Commission to trawl within the three-mile limit from Cape Charles north to the Maryland line, except during September and October and from 36° 40' north latitude south to the North Carolina line at any time, and from Cape Henry south to 36° 40' north latitude between October 1 and May 1. This bill is identical to SB 933.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102069D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
- 2025-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1697ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f767844-743f-4be6-a521-c9e31c75f78b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).