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Committee converts striped-bass reporting bill into DNR data‑collection study
Summary
The committee amended Senate Bill 559 to remove an immediate recreational striped bass reporting requirement and instead require the Department of Natural Resources to develop a recreational angler data-collection program by Dec. 31, 2026, with a department report due by Dec. 31, 2027; amendments passed and the bill was approved by the committee.
The Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee on Wednesday amended and approved Senate Bill 559, changing the measure from an immediate recreational striped bass catch‑reporting requirement into a study and program-development mandate for the Department of Natural Resources.
Committee staff explained that the Bailey amendments strike the bill as introduced and instead require the Department of Natural Resources to establish, on or before Dec. 31, 2026, a recreational fishery data‑collection program and, by Dec. 31, 2027, to report on findings and deliver a work plan…
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