House2023-24 sessionFiscal note
HB 1226: Providing for recreational licensing of smelt, crawfish, and carp.
Signed into law: Chapter 77, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Chapman
- Introduced
- January 11, 2023
- Status
- C 77 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 14, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Provides that a person must obtain a fishing or shellfish license in order to fish for carp, smelt, and crawfish.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 24, 202456 yea · 39 nay · 3 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 4, 202456 yea · 41 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · February 23, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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