Maryland House Joint Resolution 3 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-10 - Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.
Pending: House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture which have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution be forwarded to certain elected officials.

Natural Resources - Fishing - Wild-Caught Blue Catfish

Del. Dana Stein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-10	House	Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.
2020-01-29	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

HJ3 (Carry Over) 2020-02-10 - Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.
SJ3 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-12 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HJ0003?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hj/hj0003f.pdf