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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motorboats; means of propulsion, wakesurfing."
+description: "Allows a motorboat that is propelled by a means that is below the water line and forward of either the transom or an integrated swim platform to be accompanied by a person in the water. Current law allows a motorboat to be accompanied by such a wakesurfer only if the motorboat is propelled by an inboard motor. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 751"
+citation: "Virginia HB 751 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Game", "Inland Fisheries and Boating"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2018-01-09"
+last_action: "2018-03-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1323531-1bf3-4f87-bc68-e15328f96ddb"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB751"
+source_hash: "55560ddeab95c0724a5f26337cdc7bff306c7cd75d73e7f45ce145a9b1563985"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 751 (2018) — Motorboats; means of propulsion, wakesurfing.
+
+Allows a motorboat that is propelled by a means that is below the water line and forward of either the transom or an integrated swim platform to be accompanied by a person in the water. Current law allows a motorboat to be accompanied by such a wakesurfer only if the motorboat is propelled by an inboard motor. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB751ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB751ER)
+2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101538D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB751)
+3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101538D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB751E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
+- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101538D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-05** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2018-02-05** Passed by for the day
+- **2018-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB751E
+- **2018-02-06** Printed as engrossed 18101538D-E
+- **2018-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
+- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1323531-1bf3-4f87-bc68-e15328f96ddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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