republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-616.md

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Bill	Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.	Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; namechange. Renames the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries asthe Department of Wildlife Resources and the Board of Game and InlandFisheries as the Board of Wildlife Resources.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 616	Virginia SB 616 (2020)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	3	24	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/1714bd60-cfee-4769-847b-a7a63808d76d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB616	46ec778848a2ad6a3c500030b6c137e7fb759c62d77cceba7014b8bcc7ec02fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 616 (2020) — Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; namechange. Renames the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries asthe Department of Wildlife Resources and the Board of Game and InlandFisheries as the Board of Wildlife Resources.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0958) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB616ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB616) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N) — 59–40 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102183D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB616)
• 2020-01-21 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 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
• 2020-02-13 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House (60-Y 40-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB616ER)
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 958 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1714bd60-cfee-4769-847b-a7a63808d76d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).