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type: "Bill"
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title: "Live nutria; prohibition against sale, etc., does not apply to Dept. of Wildlife Resources, etc."
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description: "Live nutria. Provides that the existing prohibitionagainst possession, sale, or liberation of nutria does not apply toemployees of the Department of Wildlife Resources or certain federalagencies, or any persons involved in research or management activitieswith such agencies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 65"
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citation: "Virginia HB 65 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e4608ea-2ff8-4ec9-a0c6-d7415c7e8d19"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB65"
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source_hash: "a22fee1486454f0808b7a17f9d107b0bed7f17b82fc1a74db0299593dfcb8edf"
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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 HB 65 (2022) — Live nutria; prohibition against sale, etc., does not apply to Dept. of Wildlife Resources, etc.
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Live nutria. Provides that the existing prohibitionagainst possession, sale, or liberation of nutria does not apply toemployees of the Department of Wildlife Resources or certain federalagencies, or any persons involved in research or management activitieswith such agencies.
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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. **CHAP0146** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0146)
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2. **HB65ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB65ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102330D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB65)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102330D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB65)
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- **2022-01-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-01-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB65ER)
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- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 146 (effective 7/1/22) `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/8e4608ea-2ff8-4ec9-a0c6-d7415c7e8d19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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