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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2782: Blue catfish; Board of Wildlife Resources shall amend 4VAC15-320-25, Creel and length limits.

Vetoed Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2782 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Blue catfish; Board of Wildlife Resources shall amend 4VAC15-320-25, Creel and length limits. Primary sponsor: Shelly Simonds (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): House sustained Governor's veto.

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.

Board of Wildlife Resources; creel limits; blue catfish. Requires the Board of Wildlife Resources to amend regulations to remove the one-fish daily limit for blue catfish longer than 32 inches in the Commonwealth.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelly SimondsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Hillary Pugh KentCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67

“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. House sustained Governor's veto
  2. Vetoed by Governor
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
  5. Signed by President
  6. Signed by Speaker
  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2782)
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2782ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Senate Amendments agreed to by House (67-Y 30-N)
  11. Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 1-N)
  12. Engrossed by Senate as amended

Showing 12 most recent of 34 actions. Full history

Sources

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