Legislative record
Summary
Marine Products Board; blue catfish; Chesapeake Wild Harvest certification. Directs the Marine Products Board to establish and maintain a voluntary Chesapeake Wild Harvest certification and labeling program for any blue catfish that is taken or caught in the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries and is processed in the Commonwealth. The bill prohibits any person from labeling any product as Chesapeake Wild Harvest unless such product conforms to the provisions of the bill.
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Bill text
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- IntroducedOfficial document (PDF)
- IntroducedOfficial document (HTML)
- Chesapeake Subcommittee SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Chesapeake Subcommittee SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
Roll-call record
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Docket history
Action history
- 7/21/2026Continued from last session
- 3/4/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 2/24/2026Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 2/11/2026Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 2/11/2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2/10/2026Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
- 2/9/2026Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 2/9/2026committee substitute agreed to
- 2/9/2026Read second time
- 2/6/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1110)