---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oyster-planting grounds; fees."
description: "Oyster-planting grounds; fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 899"
citation: "Virginia SB 899 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db9fa6b-f66e-46a1-b433-84090be652e9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB899"
source_hash: "5097f1c2f3d16f6d99a7105ae8ccb78b22d4ce6b689e0839311b1bb0eb5bcbad"
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 899 (2023) — Oyster-planting grounds; fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0743)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106969D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB899H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101419D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB899)
4. **SB899ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB899ER)
5. **SB899ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB899ER2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 38-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101419D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB899)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106969D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB899H1)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 23106969D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB899H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-22** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Petersen, Lewis, Stuart
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Bloxom, Edmunds, Bulova
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 2-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 2-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB899ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB899ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 38-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 38-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB899ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6db9fa6b-f66e-46a1-b433-84090be652e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).