Fishing license requirements; free fishing days.
Summary
Fishing license requirements; exemptions; freefishing days. Increases from three to six the maximum numberof days that the Board of Wildlife Resources may designate as freefishing days for a person to fish in any inland waters of the Commonwealth without a fishing license.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2024
Last action Feb 13, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2024
How they voted
20–2
Passed
Total votes 22
Feb 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican10
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-2)
house of delegates
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24104473D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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