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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bait fish; unlawful to transport for sale outside of the Commonwealth, penalty."
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description: "Transportation of bait fish for sale; penalty. Prohibits the transportation for sale outside of the Commonwealth of river herring, alewife, threadfin shad, or gizzard shad, or the carcass or any part thereof, collected from the inland waters for use as bait fish. A violation of the provisions of the bill constitutes a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains an emergency clause."
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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 772"
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citation: "Virginia SB 772 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb8ab7b9-b8a3-428a-af83-e4dc85fa2658"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB772"
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source_hash: "a1e0334164e8ea990dd8cefa8ebe562cf2f2830f5bd7b72f6c8592e82d325b9d"
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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 772 (2020) — Bait fish; unlawful to transport for sale outside of the Commonwealth, penalty.
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Transportation of bait fish for sale; penalty. Prohibits the transportation for sale outside of the Commonwealth of river herring, alewife, threadfin shad, or gizzard shad, or the carcass or any part thereof, collected from the inland waters for use as bait fish. A violation of the provisions of the bill constitutes a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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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 (CHAP0808)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0808)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB772ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB772ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB772S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB772S1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB772)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB772)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (11-Y 0-N 3-A) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N) — **95–4** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100784D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB772)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (11-Y 0-N 3-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-01-27** Floor substitute printed 20106832D-S1 (Stanley)
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- **2020-01-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Committee amendment rejected
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- **2020-01-28** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-28** Substitute by Senator Stanley agreed to 20106832D-S1
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- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB772S1
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB772S1)
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** 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 (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (22-Y 0-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** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House with amendment (96-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N)
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- **2020-02-26** House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Emergency clause added
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB772ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 808 (effective 4/7/20) `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/cb8ab7b9-b8a3-428a-af83-e4dc85fa2658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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