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type: "Bill"
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title: "Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty."
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description: "Field investigations permit; archaeologist qualifications; penalty. Establishes standards for education, experience, ability, and other factors for a field supervisor who is identified in an application to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation for a permit to conduct a field investigation, exploration, or recovery operation involving any object of antiquity on state-controlled land or on a state archaeological site or zone. The bill provides that the Director may consider the field supervisor's performance on any prior permitted investigation in determining whether the person meets such standards. The bill provides that conducting an investigation without a permit or willfully misrepresenting information (i) on a permit application or (ii) collected during a permitted field investigation is a crime punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 668"
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citation: "Virginia HB 668 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf752d0-a5cb-4b2d-9f46-dd751428f0c7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB668"
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source_hash: "bdbd22bdd41ea874f9d31ae12f56f00d4e16a2fa01210bf45e605678c855b995"
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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 668 (2020) — Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.
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Field investigations permit; archaeologist qualifications; penalty. Establishes standards for education, experience, ability, and other factors for a field supervisor who is identified in an application to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation for a permit to conduct a field investigation, exploration, or recovery operation involving any object of antiquity on state-controlled land or on a state archaeological site or zone. The bill provides that the Director may consider the field supervisor's performance on any prior permitted investigation in determining whether the person meets such standards. The bill provides that conducting an investigation without a permit or willfully misrepresenting information (i) on a permit application or (ii) collected during a permitted field investigation is a crime punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1106)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1106)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB668ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB668ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB668H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB668H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB668)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB668)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — **0–99** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 25-N) — **69–25** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on amendments (31-Y 9-N) — **31–9** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **34–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendments (25-Y 12-N) — **25–12** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N) — **78–19** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102911D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB668)
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- **2020-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20106061D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20106061D-H1
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB668H1
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB668H1)
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- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-02-28** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate with amendments (25-Y 12-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-02** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 100-N)
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- **2020-03-02** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Senate insisted on amendments (31-Y 9-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2020-03-04** House acceded to request
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- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (70-Y 25-N)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 25-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB668ER)
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1106 (effective 7/1/20) `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/abf752d0-a5cb-4b2d-9f46-dd751428f0c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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