republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-987.md

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Bill	Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.	Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds. Prohibitshunting or shooting migratory waterfowl in the public waters of the Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft, or other buoyant craft ordevice within 150 yards of a residence without the consent of thelandowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly crippled waterfowlthat was legally shot by the person. The bill requires a person huntingwaterfowl to also have a state and federal duck stamp prior to applyingto license a stationary blind in public waters.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 987	Virginia SB 987 (2020)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	4	27	5	2020-01-15	2020-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/c03caeb2-3624-4cca-a397-a1a71830f3c4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB987	4212521ef7efffc80a3f67358c81125b2c8f8da2b3b1ed8ed455180547a18dc3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 987 (2020) — Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.

Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds. Prohibitshunting or shooting migratory waterfowl in the public waters of the Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft, or other buoyant craft ordevice within 150 yards of a residence without the consent of thelandowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly crippled waterfowlthat was legally shot by the person. The bill requires a person huntingwaterfowl to also have a state and federal duck stamp prior to applyingto license a stationary blind in public waters.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB987ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB987S1) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB987S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 55–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 20104492D introduction
• 2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106967D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB987S1)
• 2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 20106967D-S1
• 2020-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB987S1
• 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-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 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House (56-Y 44-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB987ER)
• 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
• 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c03caeb2-3624-4cca-a397-a1a71830f3c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).