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type: "Bill"
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title: "Oyster culling regulation; cargo of oysters shall be scattered on public rocks."
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description: "Provides that when a person charged with violating an oyster culling regulation is required to scatter the entire cargo of oysters on the public rocks, no portion of the cargo shall be scattered anywhere else. The bill also requires the Marine Resources Commission to accept cash, check, or credit card payment of a bond paid in lieu of throwing the cargo overboard. Current law allows only payments in cash."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1574"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1574 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-02"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/429e2df9-18c7-4e36-a603-eb34fa4e859f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1574"
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source_hash: "e642e6f80451c6e32350e4b34aa5befe49de563d8f3b0690dc8fc7fd2097ff51"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1574 (2017) — Oyster culling regulation; cargo of oysters shall be scattered on public rocks.
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Provides that when a person charged with violating an oyster culling regulation is required to scatter the entire cargo of oysters on the public rocks, no portion of the cargo shall be scattered anywhere else. The bill also requires the Marine Resources Commission to accept cash, check, or credit card payment of a bond paid in lieu of throwing the cargo overboard. Current law allows only payments in cash.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0340)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1574ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1574ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105104D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1574H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100623D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1574)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100623D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17105104D-H1
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- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1574H1
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- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/429e2df9-18c7-4e36-a603-eb34fa4e859f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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