---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rappahannock River; designating a 79-mile portion as a component of Va. Scenic Rivers System."
description: "Rappahannock State Scenic River designation.Adds a 79-mile portion of the Rappahannock River located in Caroline,King George, Westmoreland, Essex, and Richmond Counties to the RappahannockState Scenic River, a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1819"
citation: "Virginia HB 1819 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c94a402-a210-4572-8d76-8fa9363dccd2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1819"
source_hash: "d90c994f6d45d56856f76de3a69ebb1f66cfd8fb643822bedf9fc073dff5a735"
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 1819 (2021) — Rappahannock River; designating a 79-mile portion as a component of Va. Scenic Rivers System.

Rappahannock State Scenic River designation.Adds a 79-mile portion of the Rappahannock River located in Caroline,King George, Westmoreland, Essex, and Richmond Counties to the RappahannockState Scenic River, 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. **CHAP0399** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0399)
2. **HB1819ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1819ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101130D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1819)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N) — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N) — **69–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101130D `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1819)
- **2021-01-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Passed by for the day
- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed House (70-Y 30-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26** VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N)
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1819ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c94a402-a210-4572-8d76-8fa9363dccd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).