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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2713: Atlantic menhaden; Marine Resources Commission, et al., to study ecology, fishery impacts, etc.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2713 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Atlantic menhaden; Marine Resources Commission, et al., to study ecology, fishery impacts, etc. Primary sponsor: Paul V. Milde. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Marine Resources Commission; Virginia Institute of Marine Science; study of ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of Atlantic menhaden; report. Directs the Marine Resources Commission in collaboration with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and certain stakeholders, as provided in the bill, to conduct a three-year study of the ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of the Atlantic menhaden population in the waters of the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to provide a report on its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources no later than October 1, 2028.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul V. MildePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Rules
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2713)
  3. Referred to Committee on Rules
  4. Presented and ordered printed 25105117D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source