republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-906.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Introduction of snakehead fish; penalty.	Introduction of snakehead fish; penalty.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 906	Virginia SB 906 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Scott A. Surovell	3	16	6	2016-12-26	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/63e08efc-82af-484f-82ab-dae86a6dcb72	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB906	4ea24abb5a901bde7faed993e0e3174968248d16e958acf92f01a4dd08b28a2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 906 (2017) — Introduction of snakehead fish; penalty.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB906ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101295D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 38–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101295D introduction
• 2016-12-26 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63e08efc-82af-484f-82ab-dae86a6dcb72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).