republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-463.md

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Bill	Boat ramps; removes authorization for Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for use.	Department of Wildlife Resources; boat ramp fees. Removes the authorization for the Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for the use of facilities that it manages but does not own and for the use of boat ramps that it owns or manages. This bill is identical to SB 141.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 463	Virginia HB 463 (2022)	bill		enacted	Terry L. Austin	3	25	8	2022-01-11	2022-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/44f50db3-54e6-452f-970f-e8111abdf1d3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB463	163fda1f8f8d9bef26925e6250332500e9858312f925eba0c09bb6b14ba12e54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 463 (2022) — Boat ramps; removes authorization for Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for use.

Department of Wildlife Resources; boat ramp fees. Removes the authorization for the Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for the use of facilities that it manages but does not own and for the use of boat ramps that it owns or manages. This bill is identical to SB 141.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0034 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB463ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100632D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N) — 91–7 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100632D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB463)
• 2022-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-08 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-08 VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N)
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-25 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-25 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 Enrolled
• 2022-03-01 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB463ER)
• 2022-03-02 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-01 Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44f50db3-54e6-452f-970f-e8111abdf1d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).