republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-173.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	Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.	Waterfowl blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries not to license any stationary waterfowl blind in any area of Hunting Creek, Little Hunting Creek, or Dogue Creek in which the local governing body prohibits by ordinance the hunting of birds with a firearm. This bill is identical to SB 435.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 173	Virginia HB 173 (2020)	bill		enacted	Paul E. Krizek	4	28	6	2019-12-26	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/8f000502-931b-40da-9c63-e6395642f15f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB173	f9664f574e1df5a7c6ee47cb044a2af63e92a35fb44d08d73d4f1c04c1167a14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 173 (2020) — Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.

Waterfowl blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries not to license any stationary waterfowl blind in any area of Hunting Creek, Little Hunting Creek, or Dogue Creek in which the local governing body prohibits by ordinance the hunting of birds with a firearm. This bill is identical to SB 435.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB173ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB173H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB173) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N) — 33–5 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (60-Y 36-N 1-A) — 59–36 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100497D introduction
• 2019-12-26 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB173)
• 2020-01-20 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106064D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106064D-H1
• 2020-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB173H1
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 36-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-28 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 36-N 1-A)
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB173H1)
• 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 (13-Y 0-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 (33-Y 5-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB173ER)
• 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 307 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f000502-931b-40da-9c63-e6395642f15f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).