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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservation police officers; external appointment."
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description: "Conservation police officers; external appointment. Removes a provision prohibiting the Director of the Department ofGame and Inland Fisheries from making an external appointment forany sworn law-enforcement position above the rank of conservationpolice officer. Current law requires that all promotions within theDepartment's sworn ranks be made from among existing sworn conservationpolice officers."
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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 882"
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citation: "Virginia SB 882 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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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: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3b0758-4a1e-4144-933a-81ca21d81036"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB882"
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source_hash: "1079238f9d94112f414996adfdb473c29c246de61f5ba4de9a26d130bf4d2f38"
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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 882 (2020) — Conservation police officers; external appointment.
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Conservation police officers; external appointment. Removes a provision prohibiting the Director of the Department ofGame and Inland Fisheries from making an external appointment forany sworn law-enforcement position above the rank of conservationpolice officer. Current law requires that all promotions within theDepartment's sworn ranks be made from among existing sworn conservationpolice officers.
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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 (CHAP0671)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0671)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB882ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB882ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB882)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB882)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N) — **62–36** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — 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 20104881D `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** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB882)
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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 (5-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-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 (63-Y 36-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB882ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 671 (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/4c3b0758-4a1e-4144-933a-81ca21d81036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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