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type: "Bill"
title: "Staunton River; designating as State Scenic River."
description: "Staunton State Scenic River designation.Adds the 11.5-mile segment of the Staunton River between the U.S.Route 360 bridge and the Staunton River State Park boat landing asa component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The segment ofthe Staunton River upstream of the U.S. Route 360 bridge to State Route 761 at the Long Island Bridge, a distance of approximately51.3 miles, adjoins the new segment and is designated as a scenicriver in current law, making a total distance of approximately 62.8miles of the Staunton River a component of the Virginia Scenic RiversSystem."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1601"
citation: "Virginia HB 1601 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b5547d-143b-48b1-a8b7-d251e6abe8bd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1601"
source_hash: "94e77c2f22115ea7aa052b9a303002209d48c23995157a992b0062684fe03051"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1601 (2020) — Staunton River; designating as State Scenic River.
Staunton State Scenic River designation.Adds the 11.5-mile segment of the Staunton River between the U.S.Route 360 bridge and the Staunton River State Park boat landing asa component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The segment ofthe Staunton River upstream of the U.S. Route 360 bridge to State Route 761 at the Long Island Bridge, a distance of approximately51.3 miles, adjoins the new segment and is designated as a scenicriver in current law, making a total distance of approximately 62.8miles of the Staunton River a component of the Virginia Scenic RiversSystem.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0320)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1601ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1601ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1601)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1601)
## Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — **184** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (32-Y 3-N) — **323** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N) — **879** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N) — **112** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 20104505D `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1601)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 9-N)
- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (32-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1601ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06b5547d-143b-48b1-a8b7-d251e6abe8bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).