---
type: "Bill"
title: "James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System."
description: "Extends the scenic river designation of a portion of the James River located in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties from 14 miles to 59 miles. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1196"
citation: "Virginia SB 1196 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ddea7ea-f088-48a8-9b5e-b144e9d0d280"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1196"
source_hash: "74311efe58c6c9710f964f277820d53427f63a406835089a2915226a702590a9"
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 1196 (2017) — James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System.

Extends the scenic river designation of a portion of the James River located in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties from 14 miles to 59 miles. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0549)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105510D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1196H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1196ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1196ER)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101286D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1196)
5. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101286D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1196E)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **19–3** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute — **85–14** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **33–6** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **32–8** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment — **10–3** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **33–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101286D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-17** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-01-17** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1196E
- **2017-01-17** Printed as engrossed 17101286D-E
- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105510D-H1
- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1196H1
- **2017-02-17** Passed House with substitute (85-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Title replaced 17105510D-H1
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 549 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ddea7ea-f088-48a8-9b5e-b144e9d0d280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).