Maryland Senate Joint Resolution 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Enrolled on April 12 2021 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-05-18 - Signed by the President and the Speaker - Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that 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 to be forwarded to certain elected officials.

Natural Resources – Fishing – Wild–Caught Blue Catfish

Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]

2021-04-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 134 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-18	Senate	Signed by the President and the Speaker - Joint Resolution 1
2021-04-12	Senate	Returned Passed
2021-04-12	House	Third Reading Passed (134-0)
2021-04-10	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2021-04-08	House	Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations
2021-04-05	House	Hearing 4/06 at 9:45 a.m.
2021-04-05	House	Hearing canceled
2021-04-05	House	Hearing 4/06 at 9:30 a.m.
2021-02-05	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2021-02-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-01-29	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2021-01-29	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2021-01-29	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-12-29	Senate	Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-09-25	Senate	Pre-filed

HJ1 (Crossfiled) 2021-04-12 - Referred Rules
SJ3 (Carry Over) 2020-03-12 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SJ0004?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sj/sj0004f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sj/sj0004t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/JR_1_sj0004t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sj0004_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sj0004_hru.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0142.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/1463.pdf