---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rappahannock River Basin Commission; updates membership."
description: "Rappahannock River Basin Commission; updates membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1262"
citation: "Virginia SB 1262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDougle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83364125-8f44-4bb5-ad0d-43684fb77fca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1262"
source_hash: "2752205b272ccd95dac7130eb9b83b0c9b605e444dcf45d90e0a26f88e06b98e"
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 1262 (2023) — Rappahannock River Basin Commission; updates membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0098)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102450D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1262)
3. **SB1262ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1262ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102450D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1262)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1262ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1262ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 1/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83364125-8f44-4bb5-ad0d-43684fb77fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).