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| Bill | Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River. | Clinch State Scenic River; Guest State ScenicRiver. Designates segments of the Clinch River in Tazewell, Russell,and Scott Counties as part of the Clinch State Scenic River, a componentof the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The bill extends the designatedportion of the Clinch River from the confluence with Indian Creekto the Tennessee state line, a distance of about 110 miles. The billrenames a portion of the existing designation of the Clinch-GuestState Scenic River as the Guest State Scenic River. The bill containstechnical amendments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 478 | Virginia SB 478 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 478 (2020) — Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
Clinch State Scenic River; Guest State ScenicRiver. Designates segments of the Clinch River in Tazewell, Russell,and Scott Counties as part of the Clinch State Scenic River, a componentof the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The bill extends the designatedportion of the Clinch River from the confluence with Indian Creekto the Tennessee state line, a distance of about 110 miles. The billrenames a portion of the existing designation of the Clinch-GuestState Scenic River as the Guest State Scenic River. The bill containstechnical amendments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB478ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB478S2 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB478) (committee substitute) — source
- SB478S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — 82–16 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104971D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB478)
- 2020-01-21 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (12-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-21 Committee substitute printed 20106281D-S1
substitution - 2020-01-21 Substitute bill reprinted 20106281D-S1
- 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Passed by for the day
- 2020-01-27 Floor substitute printed 20106769D-S2 (Chafin)
- 2020-01-27 Passed by for the day
- 2020-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-28 Committee substitute rejected 20106281D-S1
- 2020-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-01-28 Substitute by Senator Chafin agreed to 20106769D-S2
- 2020-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB478S2
- 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB478S2)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed House (83-Y 16-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N)
- 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB478ER)
- 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
- 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 629 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10af0f04-a342-474d-80dd-8805676f9825. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).