HB 1365 — Fishing license requirements; free fishing days.
VA 20261 session
Fishing license requirements; exemptions; free fishing days. Increases from three to six days the maximum number of free fishing days, during which a person is allowed to fish without a fishing license, that the Board of Wildlife Resources may designate for inland waters in the Commonwealth and the Commissioner of Marine Resources may designate for saltwater recreational fishing in the Commonwealth.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (10)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, VA) — sponsor
- Timothy P. Griffin (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Hamilton (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Ellen H. McLaughlin (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores Oates (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Wendell S. Walker (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Luther Cifers, III (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (37)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Delores Oates (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Ellen H. McLaughlin (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. (R, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Karen Hamilton (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Luther Cifers, III (R, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Timothy P. Griffin (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Wendell S. Walker (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no