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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Shenandoah River; scenic river designation."
+description: "Scenic river designation; North Fork of theShenandoah River. Designates an 8.8-mile portion of the NorthFork of the Shenandoah River as the North Fork of the ShenandoahState Scenic River."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 1223"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1223 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["G. \"John\" Avoli"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2022-01-19"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a60225-d106-4765-a92f-c39a7104f0b1"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1223"
+source_hash: "2a384bbfbcbf6f8702b2634abf33d9d8963bcddb02d61675d77ca7eb8871f079"
+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 1223 (2022) — Shenandoah River; scenic river designation.
+
+Scenic river designation; North Fork of theShenandoah River. Designates an 8.8-mile portion of the NorthFork of the Shenandoah River as the North Fork of the ShenandoahState Scenic River.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0661)
+2. **HB1223ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1223ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103403D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1223)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)
+- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
+- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 22103403D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1223)
+- **2022-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N)
+- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-22** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-25** Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1223ER)
+- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
+- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a60225-d106-4765-a92f-c39a7104f0b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+