Virginia 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1404 — Snakehead fish; certified restaurants and retail markets.

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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Exempts from the prohibition against importing, possessing, transporting, purchasing, or selling any nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan certified restaurant or retail market that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish of the family Channidae.

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SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version 18103974D HOUSE BILL NO.
1404 Offered January 15, 2018 A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-574 of the Code of Virginia, relating to snakehead fish;
certified restaurants and retail markets.
---------- Patron-- Ransone ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
That § 29.1-574 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-574.
Prohibitions.
A.
No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase, give, receive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a species designated as a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit from the Director issued pursuant to § 29.1-575.
B.
Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches a snakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish, and (iii) notifies the Department, as soon as practicable, of his actions.
C.
Subsection A shall not apply to any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan (21 C.F.R.
120 et seq.) certified restaurant or retail market that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish of the family Channidae.
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  • House: Presented and ordered printed 18103974D View text html January 15, 2018

Action History

  1. Signed by President

  2. Signed by Speaker

  3. Enrolled

  4. Read third time

  5. Passed by for the day

  6. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

  7. Constitutional reading dispensed

  8. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

  9. Read second time and engrossed

  10. Read first time

  11. Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2

  12. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

  13. Presented and ordered printed 18103974D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 100000
Total 100000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Campbell — Yea
Cline — Yea
Edmunds — Yea
Freitas — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Hugo — Yea
Hurst — Yea
Kory — Yea
LaRock — Yea
Landes — Yea
Orrock — Yea
Poindexter — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rodman — Yea
Rush — Yea
Tyler — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Jones, J.C. — Yea
Ayala — Yea
Bourne — Yea
Bulova — Yea
Byron — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cole — Yea
Collins — Yea
Fariss — Yea
Filler-Corn — Yea
Gilbert — Yea
Gooditis — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Heretick — Yea
Ingram — Yea
James — Yea
Jones, S.C. — Yea
Marshall — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Keam — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lindsey — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Murphy — Yea
Peace — Yea
Plum — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Ransone — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Toscano — Yea
Turpin — Yea
Yancey — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Barry D. Knight — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Elizabeth R. Guzman — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Garrett McGuire — Yea
Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Yea
Joshua E. Thomas — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Lashrecse D. Aird — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Mark D. Sickles — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Will Davis — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1404 do?
Exempts from the prohibition against importing, possessing, transporting, purchasing, or selling any nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan certified restaurant or retail market that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish of the family Channidae.
Who sponsors HB 1404?
HB 1404 is sponsored by Ransone, Margaret B..
What is the current status of HB 1404?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2018. Enacted.
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