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type: "Bill"
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title: "Scenic river designations; consolidates provisions of Scenic Rivers Act."
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description: "Consolidates provisions of the Scenic Rivers Act relating to prohibitions on the construction of dams and limits on the effects of the Act. The bill contains technical amendments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 866"
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citation: "Virginia HB 866 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c06d8180-68e0-4be1-ac3e-a90e7971ff02"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB866"
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source_hash: "ab38dcf58bf599f688269290767fef65cecc586eebfb3650f7b4ef9f31a3137c"
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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 866 (2018) — Scenic river designations; consolidates provisions of Scenic Rivers Act.
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Consolidates provisions of the Scenic Rivers Act relating to prohibitions on the construction of dams and limits on the effects of the Act. The bill contains technical amendments.
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB866ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB866ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100023D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB866)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **93–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **94–5** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100023D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-06** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2018-02-20** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2018-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2018-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (93-Y 5-N)
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 273 (effective 7/1/18) `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/c06d8180-68e0-4be1-ac3e-a90e7971ff02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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