---
type: "Bill"
title: "High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc."
description: "High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1663"
citation: "Virginia HB 1663 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmunds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c44198c5-90f4-4d5a-b2b1-3bfebda68e03"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1663"
source_hash: "e5b17516e5b2339254f9b268fa197adab0c730ebd0e6f3ee18d0f21f2ff258a6"
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 1663 (2023) — High Bridge Trail State Park; DCR to convey property to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0080** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0080)
2. **HB1663ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1663ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101280D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1663)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101280D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1663E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Rereferred from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edmunds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101280D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1663)
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by House as amended HB1663E
- **2023-01-23** Printed as engrossed 23101280D-E
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1663E)
- **2023-02-08** Rereferred from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1663ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1663ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c44198c5-90f4-4d5a-b2b1-3bfebda68e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).