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Bill	James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System.	Extends the scenic river designation of a portion of the James River located in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties from 14 miles to 59 miles. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1454	Virginia HB 1454 (2017)	bill	Conservation Counties Cities and Towns Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Terry L. Austin	4	23	6	2016-12-05	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/02ebf447-52d0-4ff8-b9e7-29732a550419	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1454	782f4cd1324f1abc3c845e3b44542ec5f5290d1776d4472a84294073c91382a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1454 (2017) — James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System.

Extends the scenic river designation of a portion of the James River located in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties from 14 miles to 59 miles. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1454ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100630D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105185D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105185D-S1 — 83–15 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 33–7 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 19–3 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 82–16 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 12–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100630D introduction
• 2016-12-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-20 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-25 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-08 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 17105185D-S1
• 2017-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1454S1
• 2017-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-14 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105185D-S1 (83-Y 15-N)
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02ebf447-52d0-4ff8-b9e7-29732a550419. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).