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type: "Bill"
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title: "Burn ban; exception for frost or freeze protection of orchard or vineyard."
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description: "Adds an exception to the ban on fires from February 15 through April 30 of each year for fire set for the prevention of damage to orchards or vineyards by frost or freezing temperatures."
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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 1793"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1793 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f8addf1-0c3f-44ea-bb45-6427cecf8237"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1793"
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source_hash: "b5779a22d4c77676326c66643a3c9e736ee393258fe97325fec6d7b143f0193f"
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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 1793 (2017) — Burn ban; exception for frost or freeze protection of orchard or vineyard.
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Adds an exception to the ban on fires from February 15 through April 30 of each year for fire set for the prevention of damage to orchards or vineyards by frost or freezing temperatures.
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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 (CHAP0006)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0006)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1793ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1793ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103561D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1793)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103561D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1793E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103561D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1793E
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- **2017-01-27** Printed as engrossed 17103561D-E
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
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- **2017-02-09** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
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- **2017-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (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/7f8addf1-0c3f-44ea-bb45-6427cecf8237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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