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| Bill | Motorboats; means of propulsion, wakesurfing. | Allows a motorboat that is propelled by a means that is below the water line and forward of either the transom or an integrated swim platform to be accompanied by a person in the water. Current law allows a motorboat to be accompanied by such a wakesurfer only if the motorboat is propelled by an inboard motor. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2018 | HB 751 | Virginia HB 751 (2018) |
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3 | 20 | 8 | 2018-01-09 | 2018-03-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/b1323531-1bf3-4f87-bc68-e15328f96ddb | http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB751 | 55560ddeab95c0724a5f26337cdc7bff306c7cd75d73e7f45ce145a9b1563985 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 751 (2018) — Motorboats; means of propulsion, wakesurfing.
Allows a motorboat that is propelled by a means that is below the water line and forward of either the transom or an integrated swim platform to be accompanied by a person in the water. Current law allows a motorboat to be accompanied by such a wakesurfer only if the motorboat is propelled by an inboard motor. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB751ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101538D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 18101538D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101538D
introduction - 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2018-01-23 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2018-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2018-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2018-02-05 Passed by for the day
- 2018-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB751E
- 2018-02-06 Printed as engrossed 18101538D-E
- 2018-02-07 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2018-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2018-02-08 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 117 (effective 7/1/18)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1323531-1bf3-4f87-bc68-e15328f96ddb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).