HB 2335

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 08, 2025
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Blue catfish; digital free fishing license program, sunset.

Abstract

Free fishing license program; blue catfish; sunset. Directs the Department of Wildlife Resources to create a program that allows a person to obtain a digital fishing license at no cost through the Department's Go Outdoors Virginia mobile application to catch blue catfish. The bill requires the Department to establish certain eligibility requirements as provided in the bill and to establish guidelines for the administration of the program, including an incentive program to recognize program participants that catch the most blue catfish by weight, length, or number. The program has an expiration date of July 1, 2029, after which the Department is required to examine and report on the effectiveness of the free digital fishing license program in reducing the Commonwealth's population of blue catfish.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-302.04, relating to free fishing license program; blue catfish; sunset.

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Feb 04, 2025

House

Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Jan 22, 2025

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2335)

Jan 17, 2025

House

Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture

Jan 08, 2025

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103474D

House

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2335) PDF

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