---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shenandoah River; scenic river designation."
description: "Scenic river designation; North Fork of theShenandoah River. Designates an 8.8-mile portion of the NorthFork of the Shenandoah River as the North Fork of the ShenandoahState Scenic River."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1223"
citation: "Virginia HB 1223 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. \"John\" Avoli"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a60225-d106-4765-a92f-c39a7104f0b1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1223"
source_hash: "2a384bbfbcbf6f8702b2634abf33d9d8963bcddb02d61675d77ca7eb8871f079"
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 1223 (2022) — Shenandoah River; scenic river designation.

Scenic river designation; North Fork of theShenandoah River. Designates an 8.8-mile portion of the NorthFork of the Shenandoah River as the North Fork of the ShenandoahState Scenic River.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0661)
2. **HB1223ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1223ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103403D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1223)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N) — **85–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 22103403D `introduction`
- **2022-01-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1223)
- **2022-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N)
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-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 (35-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1223ER)
- **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
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (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/83a60225-d106-4765-a92f-c39a7104f0b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).