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HB 1110 VA
Passed One Chamber

Blue catfish; Marine Products Board shall establish Chesapeake Wild Harvest certification.

VA · session 2027 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

This bill would direct the Virginia Marine Products Board to establish a Chesapeake Wild Harvest certification program for blue catfish. Blue catfish are an invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay that can harm native fish populations and ecosystems. The certification would identify and label blue catfish harvested from Chesapeake waters, promoting their commercial harvest as a sustainable management strategy. The certification program would help market and increase demand for Chesapeake-harvested blue catfish.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 27 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-2705.1, relating to Marine Products Board; blue catfish; Chesapeake Wild Harvest certification.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (19)
  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103700D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
  3. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake · lower
  4. Feb 2, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  5. Feb 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) · lower
  6. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1110) · lower
  7. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (19-Y 3-N) · lower
  8. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106061D-H1 · lower
  9. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1110) · lower
  10. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
  11. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
  12. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  13. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
  14. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A) · lower
  15. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  16. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
  17. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  18. Mar 4, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  19. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · upper

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