Thanks for the link to the petition!
The east coast is (finally) catching up with the ban. Unfortunately VA (aka dumbest state evah) introduced a bill last year banning the sale and possession of shark fin, but it never made it out of committee. I wrote the sponsor of that bill to see if he would reintroduce the bill and never heard back from him...
Maryland has an active bill for this legislative section and a search of other states can be performed here if anyone is interested in writing in their support:
http://www.bornfreeusa.org/b4_legislation.php