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Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.

Field investigations permit; archaeologist qualifications; penalty. Establishes standards for education, experience, ability, and other factors for a field supervisor who is identified in an application to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation for a permit to conduct a field investigation, exploration, or recovery operation involving any object of antiquity on state-controlled land or on a state archaeological site or zone. The bill provides that the Director may consider the field supervisor's performance on any prior permitted investigation in determining whether the person meets such standards. The bill provides that conducting an investigation without a permit or willfully misrepresenting information (i) on a permit application or (ii) collected during a permitted field investigation is a crime punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 668

Virginia HB 668 (2020)

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enacted

Michael P. Mullin

2020-01-06

2020-04-10

openstates

ocd-bill/abf752d0-a5cb-4b2d-9f46-dd751428f0c7

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB668

bdbd22bdd41ea874f9d31ae12f56f00d4e16a2fa01210bf45e605678c855b995

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 668 (2020) — Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1106) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB668ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB668H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB668) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — 0–99 (fail) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 25-N) — 69–25 (pass) · lower
Senate insisted on amendments (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) — 34–6 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with amendments (25-Y 12-N) — 25–12 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N) — 78–19 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102911D introduction
2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB668)
2020-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2020-01-29 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106061D-H1 substitution
2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20106061D-H1
2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB668H1
2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N)
2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB668H1)
2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-28 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-28 Passed Senate with amendments (25-Y 12-N) passage
2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
2020-03-02 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 100-N)
2020-03-02 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
2020-03-03 Senate insisted on amendments (31-Y 9-N)
2020-03-03 Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-04 House acceded to request
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (70-Y 25-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 25-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB668ER)
2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1106 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abf752d0-a5cb-4b2d-9f46-dd751428f0c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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