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type: "Bill"
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title: "Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 616"
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citation: "Virginia SB 616 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1714bd60-cfee-4769-847b-a7a63808d76d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB616"
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source_hash: "46ec778848a2ad6a3c500030b6c137e7fb759c62d77cceba7014b8bcc7ec02fe"
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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 SB 616 (2020) — Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0958)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0958)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB616ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB616ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB616)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB616)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N) — **59–40** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102183D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB616)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House (60-Y 40-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB616ER)
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 958 (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/1714bd60-cfee-4769-847b-a7a63808d76d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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