---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disabled veterans, certain; special hunting and fishing licenses."
description: "Special hunting and fishing license for certaindisabled veterans. Authorizes resident veterans who have a service-connected disability of at least 30 percent to receive from the Departmentof Wildlife Resources, at no cost or a reduced cost depending onthe veteran's disability rating, a lifetime license to hunt and freshwaterfish. Current law authorizes the provision of such license at nocost to a veteran who is totally and permanently disabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70 percent disabled."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "Virginia HB 120 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fb43ac0-3f4f-4929-8493-b2741d55ad44"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB120"
source_hash: "4b54177c608e8eb3d5e4cd101510e90e1950d3637f4c15579a409e2f66bcafd6"
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 120 (2022) — Disabled veterans, certain; special hunting and fishing licenses.

Special hunting and fishing license for certaindisabled veterans. Authorizes resident veterans who have a service-connected disability of at least 30 percent to receive from the Departmentof Wildlife Resources, at no cost or a reduced cost depending onthe veteran's disability rating, a lifetime license to hunt and freshwaterfish. Current law authorizes the provision of such license at nocost to a veteran who is totally and permanently disabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70 percent disabled.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0040)
2. **HB120ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB120ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101550D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB120)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Marie E. March — cosponsor (person)
- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101550D `introduction`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB120)
- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-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** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB120ER)
- **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
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (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/4fb43ac0-3f4f-4929-8493-b2741d55ad44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).