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Bill Marine Resources Commission; marking of commercial fishing boats, nets, and other devices. Marine Resources Commission; license tags and identification numbers; marking of commercial fishing boats, nets, and other devices. Provides that license tags or identification numbers for commercial fishing boats, nets, and other devices shall be attached and displayed in a manner prescribed by the Marine Resources Commission and repeals a provision that requires a licensee to apply for a new tag within 24 hours after the discovery of the destruction or loss of the original tag. Currently, the requirements for attaching and displaying license tags or identification numbers are set forth in state law. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 645 Virginia HB 645 (2026)
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Virginia HB 645 (2026) — Marine Resources Commission; marking of commercial fishing boats, nets, and other devices.

Marine Resources Commission; license tags and identification numbers; marking of commercial fishing boats, nets, and other devices. Provides that license tags or identification numbers for commercial fishing boats, nets, and other devices shall be attached and displayed in a manner prescribed by the Marine Resources Commission and repeals a provision that requires a licensee to apply for a new tag within 24 hours after the discovery of the destruction or loss of the original tag. Currently, the requirements for attaching and displaying license tags or identification numbers are set forth in state law.

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

  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101720D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB645)
  • 2026-01-30 Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-14 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB645ER) passage
  • 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-14 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB645)
  • 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 409 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0409)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfac1bc8-f1d0-490e-a663-ab2246eaa539. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).