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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.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Last Action
Feb 4, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2335)
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103474D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Shelly A. Simonds