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type: "Bill"
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title: "Aquaculture; right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters."
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description: "Right to aquaculture. Provides that the right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters includes the right to propagate shellfish by whatever legal means necessary. This bill is identical to HB 189."
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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: "SB 509"
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citation: "Virginia SB 509 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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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: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f2e04e-015f-4803-931d-689cba43489c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB509"
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source_hash: "a45c614e453cf93460bb0d85a2e791faf61ca85d846962fada2a155067dbab06"
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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 509 (2022) — Aquaculture; right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters.
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Right to aquaculture. Provides that the right to use and occupy the ground for the terms of a lease in Chesapeake Bay waters includes the right to propagate shellfish by whatever legal means necessary. This bill is identical to HB 189.
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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. **CHAP0036** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0036)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101827D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB509)
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3. **SB509ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB509ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101827D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB509)
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- **2022-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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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 (SB509ER)
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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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- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (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/32f2e04e-015f-4803-931d-689cba43489c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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