2007 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 206

EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Hunting and Fishing Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 473
Sponsored By:
Senators Stoltzfus and Colburn
Entitled:
Natural Resources - Soft Crabs - Bycatch

Synopsis:

Requiring regulations adopted by the Department of Natural Resources to establish a permissible bycatch for soft crabs to be no more restrictive than the permissible bycatch for hard crabs and peeler crabs; creating an exception to the prohibition against possessing a bycatch of undersized soft crabs by allowing one undersized soft crab per dozen soft crabs possessed; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Senate Action
1/26
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
1/31
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/1
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Adopted
Special Order later today (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/2
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House Action
4/1
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

Sponsored by:

Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Crabs
Fish and Fishing -see also- Aquaculture; Gill Nets
Natural Resources, Department of
Rules and Regulations

Bill affects the following Statute:

Natural Resources
( 4-809 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
Number: 214833/01     Offered on: April 5, 2007   at: 4:30 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 443426/02     Offered on: April 10, 2007   at: 12:27 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
April 2, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)