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type: "Bill"
title: "Boat ramps; removes authorization for Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for use."
description: "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 HB 463."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "Virginia SB 141 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-08"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d56b80a1-739f-4e6d-bd24-af10eb8f375f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB141"
source_hash: "bd870f96d47531377f37880b52e1cd165c3cdd291fc4b5233abe96510f7b1cde"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 141 (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 HB 463.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0033)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102766D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB141)
3. **SB141ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB141ER)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **962** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — **123** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **382** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102766D `introduction`
- **2022-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB141)
- **2022-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB141ER)
- **2022-03-03** 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 33 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d56b80a1-739f-4e6d-bd24-af10eb8f375f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).