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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds."
+description: "Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds. Prohibitshunting or shooting migratory waterfowl in the public waters of the Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft, or other buoyant craft ordevice within 150 yards of a residence without the consent of thelandowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly crippled waterfowlthat was legally shot by the person. The bill requires a person huntingwaterfowl to also have a state and federal duck stamp prior to applyingto license a stationary blind in public waters."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 987"
+citation: "Virginia SB 987 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c03caeb2-3624-4cca-a397-a1a71830f3c4"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB987"
+source_hash: "4212521ef7efffc80a3f67358c81125b2c8f8da2b3b1ed8ed455180547a18dc3"
+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 987 (2020) — Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.
+
+Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds. Prohibitshunting or shooting migratory waterfowl in the public waters of the Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft, or other buoyant craft ordevice within 150 yards of a residence without the consent of thelandowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly crippled waterfowlthat was legally shot by the person. The bill requires a person huntingwaterfowl to also have a state and federal duck stamp prior to applyingto license a stationary blind in public waters.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0415)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB987ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB987ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB987S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB987)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB987S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB987S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — **55–44** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 20104492D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20106967D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB987S1)
+- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20106967D-S1
+- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB987S1
+- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-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** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed House (56-Y 44-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
+- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB987ER)
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
+- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (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/c03caeb2-3624-4cca-a397-a1a71830f3c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+