republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-435.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 HB 173.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 435	Virginia SB 435 (2020)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	4	27	5	2020-01-07	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0dc738c5-1451-4e3f-b25b-a70f0b40a097	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB435	bcf024b3cb2b21a6b991549a6cb22b4eebe38a9343c54433856287a75ad7f375	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 435 (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 HB 173.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB435ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB435S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB435) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N 1-A) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101208D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB435)
• 2020-01-14 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-14 Committee substitute printed 20105779D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-01-17 Committee substitute agreed to 20105779D-S1
• 2020-01-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB435S1
• 2020-01-20 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB435S1)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House (56-Y 41-N 1-A) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB435ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 308 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0dc738c5-1451-4e3f-b25b-a70f0b40a097. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).