---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System."
description: "Scenic river designation; Maury River. Designates a 19.25-mile segment of the Maury River as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. This bill is identical to HB 282."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Virginia SB 288 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9defa4b-d3bf-4d09-8e5a-690130b327f0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB288"
source_hash: "7d9724f30cf48b3e135081efca7c55192504adf60b4cf79b7c83a4c7943e001f"
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 288 (2020) — Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.

Scenic river designation; Maury River. Designates a 19.25-mile segment of the Maury River as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. This bill is identical to HB 282.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0404)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB288ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB288)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB288)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 2-N) — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — **85–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102180D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB288)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-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`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-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 13-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB288ER)
- **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
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 404 (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/e9defa4b-d3bf-4d09-8e5a-690130b327f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).