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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change."
+description: "Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; namechange. Renames the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries asthe Department of Wildlife Resources and the Board of Game and InlandFisheries as the Board of Wildlife Resources."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 616"
+citation: "Virginia SB 616 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1714bd60-cfee-4769-847b-a7a63808d76d"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB616"
+source_hash: "46ec778848a2ad6a3c500030b6c137e7fb759c62d77cceba7014b8bcc7ec02fe"
+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 SB 616 (2020) — Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.
+
+Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; namechange. Renames the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries asthe Department of Wildlife Resources and the Board of Game and InlandFisheries as the Board of Wildlife Resources.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0958)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0958)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB616ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB616ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB616)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB616)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N) — **59–40** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102183D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB616)
+- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed House (60-Y 40-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N)
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB616ER)
+- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
+- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 958 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1714bd60-cfee-4769-847b-a7a63808d76d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+