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type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned watercraft; destruction and disposal by localities and state agencies."
description: "Destruction and disposal of abandoned watercraftby localities and state agencies. Allows localities and stateagencies to apply, under certain conditions, to the Department ofWildlife Resources for an authorization to destroy and dispose ofan abandoned watercraft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1053"
citation: "Virginia HB 1053 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1860aec8-c7d6-4adc-a693-227487c07db5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1053"
source_hash: "227bd5cf20d2e6bd6c306f366b264c88e733478cc3810f6960ec3a4151534176"
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 HB 1053 (2024) — Abandoned watercraft; destruction and disposal by localities and state agencies.
Destruction and disposal of abandoned watercraftby localities and state agencies. Allows localities and stateagencies to apply, under certain conditions, to the Department ofWildlife Resources for an authorization to destroy and dispose ofan abandoned watercraft.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0314)
2. **HB1053ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1053ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102298D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1053)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102298D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1053)
- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1053ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1053ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 314 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1860aec8-c7d6-4adc-a693-227487c07db5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).