---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pound River; designating as a Virginia scenic river."
description: "Scenic river designation. Designates a 17-mile segment of the Pound River in Wise and Dickenson Counties as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1145"
citation: "Virginia HB 1145 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William C. Wampler III"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/409495a6-8b40-40db-879e-b5976827ca7c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1145"
source_hash: "3c83e3d9470628dea0fb9e608cdf1f1d8726310787cd6574276d421dba5a546a"
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 1145 (2020) — Pound River; designating as a Virginia scenic river.

Scenic river designation. Designates a 17-mile segment of the Pound River in Wise and Dickenson Counties as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0316)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0316)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1145ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1145ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1145)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1145)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) — **87–11** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (32-Y 3-N) — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William C. Wampler III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102270D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1145)
- **2020-01-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-21** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N)
- **2020-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (32-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1145ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 316 (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/409495a6-8b40-40db-879e-b5976827ca7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).