---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fishing licenses; resident may purchase a license that is valid for multiple years."
description: "Virginia Marine Resources Commission; saltwater fishing licenses. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to provide an option to purchase a multiyear recreational saltwater fishing license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1112"
citation: "Virginia HB 1112 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A.C. Cordoza"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ffb9802-1bc3-43aa-80ed-dfdd847d0888"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1112"
source_hash: "044127c65e95d7f6718b93edddcc0a04d300c2a93451b4efa3ec9542ae3bbcad"
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 1112 (2022) — Fishing licenses; resident may purchase a license that is valid for multiple years.

Virginia Marine Resources Commission; saltwater fishing licenses. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to provide an option to purchase a multiyear recreational saltwater fishing license.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0193** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0193)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105818D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1112H1)
3. **HB1112ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1112ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104363D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1112)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A.C. Cordoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104363D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1112)
- **2022-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22105818D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1112H1)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105818D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1112H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1112ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **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
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 193 (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/6ffb9802-1bc3-43aa-80ed-dfdd847d0888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).