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type: "Bill"
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title: "James River; designating as a State Scenic River."
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description: "James State Scenic River designation. Addsa 20-mile portion of the James River located in Albemarle, Buckingham,and Fluvanna Counties to the James State Scenic River, a componentof the Virginia Scenic Rivers System."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1598"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1598 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-15"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/411654bb-ad81-4f8d-b1ab-d063e79cb7c9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1598"
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source_hash: "123b4fee8025c7461390d44dff47af9076252076d51e1ecdb4ce430d670f681e"
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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 1598 (2020) — James River; designating as a State Scenic River.
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James State Scenic River designation. Addsa 20-mile portion of the James River located in Albemarle, Buckingham,and Fluvanna Counties to the James State Scenic River, a componentof the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0319)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0319)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1598ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1598ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1598)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1598)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (31-Y 4-N) — **31–4** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
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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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- **2020-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 20105256D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1598)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (31-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 319 (effective 7/1/20) `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/411654bb-ad81-4f8d-b1ab-d063e79cb7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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