---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System."
description: "Virginia Scenic Rivers System; Grays Creek. Designates a six-mile portion of Grays Creek in Surry County as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. This bill is identical to HB 1612."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1090"
citation: "Virginia SB 1090 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a55bfc-f894-41bd-88bd-451d75a378f9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1090"
source_hash: "167037f0950feecb5cd3a08d8967d63d5c7c279b5572ca32b16140ac255ffb20"
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 1090 (2020) — Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.

Virginia Scenic Rivers System; Grays Creek. Designates a six-mile portion of Grays Creek in Surry County as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. This bill is identical to HB 1612.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0457)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1090ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1090ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1090S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1090S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1090)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1090)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (11-Y 2-N) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N) — **85–11** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 20106067D `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1090)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20106863D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20106863D-S1
- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1090S1
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-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** Impact statement from DPB (SB1090S1)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (86-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1090ER)
- **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
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (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/e3a55bfc-f894-41bd-88bd-451d75a378f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).