---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maury River; extends portion previously designated as scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles."
description: "Scenic river designation; Maury River. Extends the portion of the Maury River previously designated as a state scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles. This bill is identical to HB 28."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Virginia SB 292 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19485109-097e-4d64-b129-dfb27ef2576f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB292"
source_hash: "b3186034371cad89e564699e76f363dca29800d919014c95b58258c04486bbc9"
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 292 (2022) — Maury River; extends portion previously designated as scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles.

Scenic river designation; Maury River. Extends the portion of the Maury River previously designated as a state scenic river by an additional 23.2 miles. This bill is identical to HB 28.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0410** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0410)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100539D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB292)
3. **SB292ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB292ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100539D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB292)
- **2022-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House (84-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB292ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 410 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19485109-097e-4d64-b129-dfb27ef2576f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).