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type: "Bill"
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title: "Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited."
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description: "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."
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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 173"
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citation: "Virginia HB 173 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-26"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f000502-931b-40da-9c63-e6395642f15f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB173"
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source_hash: "f9664f574e1df5a7c6ee47cb044a2af63e92a35fb44d08d73d4f1c04c1167a14"
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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 173 (2020) — Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0307)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0307)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB173ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB173ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB173H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB173H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB173)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB173)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N) — **33–5** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 36-N 1-A) — **59–36** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100497D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB173)
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- **2020-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20106064D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20106064D-H1
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB173H1
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 36-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 36-N 1-A)
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB173H1)
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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 (13-Y 0-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 (33-Y 5-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB173ER)
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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 307 (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/8f000502-931b-40da-9c63-e6395642f15f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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