---
type: "Bill"
title: "Introduction of snakehead fish; penalty."
description: "Introduction of snakehead fish; penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 906"
citation: "Virginia SB 906 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-26"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e08efc-82af-484f-82ab-dae86a6dcb72"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB906"
source_hash: "4ea24abb5a901bde7faed993e0e3174968248d16e958acf92f01a4dd08b28a2e"
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 906 (2017) — Introduction of snakehead fish; penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0361)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB906ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB906ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101295D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB906)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **38–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101295D `introduction`
- **2016-12-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (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/63e08efc-82af-484f-82ab-dae86a6dcb72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).