---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fishing permits; special permits for certain youth camps."
description: "Special fishing permits for certain youth camps. Authorizes employees of an organized nonprofit tax-exempt youth campthat holds a special fishing permit for certain youth camps to fishwithout a license in public waters adjacent to property owned bythe camp. Current law only authorizes camp members under 18 yearsof age at such camp to fish without a license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 336"
citation: "Virginia SB 336 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd35795-4a09-450b-bb79-8deeac0a5dc1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB336"
source_hash: "28ad576e28bea9ad473b8fe464a846b0afcbcfaf8b6fec100dc8445f588fc7ae"
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 336 (2020) — Fishing permits; special permits for certain youth camps.

Special fishing permits for certain youth camps. Authorizes employees of an organized nonprofit tax-exempt youth campthat holds a special fishing permit for certain youth camps to fishwithout a license in public waters adjacent to property owned bythe camp. Current law only authorizes camp members under 18 yearsof age at such camp to fish without a license.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0570)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB336ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB336ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB336)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB336)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101157D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB336)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-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 (39-Y 0-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** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB336ER)
- **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
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (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/cfd35795-4a09-450b-bb79-8deeac0a5dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).