Relating to consumption of fishes; to require the State Health Officer to issue advisories concerning fish consumption and to establish a panel to advise on and discuss this issue; to require the Department of Environmental Management to test fishes for pollutants and post signage at water bodies notifying of an active fish consumption advisory; to require the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to notify fish license purchasers of all active advisories; and to require holders of National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits to post signage identifying outfalls.
Summary
Fish consumption, to provide for advisory program
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 12, 2023
Last action May 11, 2023
Floor votes · House May 2, 2023
How they voted
101–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 102
May 2, 2023
D
Democratic27
100% Yea
R
Republican75
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
upper
May 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
upper
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit)
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Craig Lipscomb
RRepublican
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