SENATE BILL 206

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)