John A. Cosgrove, Jr. - Virginia

Failed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending the Chesapeake Bay Commission.

Failed Mar 12, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Management of the menhaden fishery. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to manage Atlantic menhaden, including those necessary to comply with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill repeals several Code sections relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures that will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery. The bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to establish a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the Commission. This bill incorporates SB 157, SB 194, SB 357, SB 402, and SB 1054 and is identical to HB 1448. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Signed into law Mar 12, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Primary SJ 38

Failed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.

Study; JCOTS; safety, quality of life, and economic consequences of weather and climate-related events on coastal areas in Virginia; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to study the safety, quality of life, and economic consequences of weather and climate-related events on coastal areas in Virginia. In conducting its study, JCOTS shall examine (i) the negative impacts of weather, and geological and climate-related events, including displacement, economic loss, and damage to health or infrastructure; (ii) the area or areas and the number of citizens affected by such impacts; (iii) the frequency or probability and the time dimensions, including near-term, medium-term, and long-term probabilities of such impacts; (iv) alternative actions available to remedy or mitigate such impacts and their expected cost; (v) the degree of certainty that each of these impacts and alternative actions may reliably be known; and (vi) the technical resources available, either in state or otherwise, to effect such alternative actions and improve our knowledge of their effectiveness and cost. The provisions of the resolution are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Failed Mar 8, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Primary SR 73

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending Eddie Vincek.

Introduced Mar 8, 2020 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SR 79

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Henry J. Abraham.

Introduced Mar 8, 2020 1 co-sponsor

Primary SR 72

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Commending Andrew Hoehn.