republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-577.md

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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
Bill	Crab scraping; possession of hard crabs.	Crab scraping; possession of hard crabs.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 577	Virginia HB 577 (2018)	bill	Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters	enacted	Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.	2	17	9	2018-01-08	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d24205f9-d1d7-47b9-853d-01d652dbe6e3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB577	05e896f6e1e6b0458168b4ae56fc26e81bf8a0a4d157c60529a6bbbcfb14f381	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 577 (2018) — Crab scraping; possession of hard crabs.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB577ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100116D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100116D introduction
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2018-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 115 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d24205f9-d1d7-47b9-853d-01d652dbe6e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).