republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-933.md

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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 HB 1697.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 933	Virginia SB 933 (2025)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	29	7	2025-01-06	2025-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/1c8fa4c3-75b5-4d2a-9642-292ce4c96a88	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB933	189090efc9ac8acf65f31d71f17c1a1d350deda0f42d0944a9be3491c114334f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 933 (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 HB 1697.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100733D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB933)
• 2025-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-17 Passed House (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
• 2025-02-17 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB933ER) passage
• 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB933)
• 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
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c8fa4c3-75b5-4d2a-9642-292ce4c96a88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).