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type: "Bill"
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title: "Interference with commercial fishing vessels or activity; penalty."
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description: "Interference with commercial fishing vessel;penalties. Provides that a person who approaches a commercialfishing vessel without the consent of the owner or person in chargeof such vessel with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass thecaptain or crew of such vessel or interfere with the operations ofsuch vessel is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill makes ita Class 6 felony to communicate to another person by any means any threat to (i) kill or do bodily injury to a person or persons engagedin the activity of commercial fishing on the waters of the Commonwealthor (ii) bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage any commercialfishing vessel, and increases this penalty to a Class 5 felony ifsuch threat places the captain or crew in reasonable apprehensionof death or bodily injury. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony tointentionally or recklessly damage, injure, tamper with, deface,or destroy a commercial fishing vessel or any associated gear. Finally,the bill deems a person to be ineligible for any hunting or fishinglicense for a certain period of time if such person is found guiltyof an offense set out in the bill."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 928"
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citation: "Virginia HB 928 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hillary Pugh Kent"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7802742-cdfb-404f-9336-402d587bcfd3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB928"
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source_hash: "fb40a0417fdb87c50809b04c926b1774c0c16b149d6094009da44205fa5fd510"
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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 928 (2024) — Interference with commercial fishing vessels or activity; penalty.
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Interference with commercial fishing vessel;penalties. Provides that a person who approaches a commercialfishing vessel without the consent of the owner or person in chargeof such vessel with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass thecaptain or crew of such vessel or interfere with the operations ofsuch vessel is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill makes ita Class 6 felony to communicate to another person by any means any threat to (i) kill or do bodily injury to a person or persons engagedin the activity of commercial fishing on the waters of the Commonwealthor (ii) bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage any commercialfishing vessel, and increases this penalty to a Class 5 felony ifsuch threat places the captain or crew in reasonable apprehensionof death or bodily injury. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony tointentionally or recklessly damage, injure, tamper with, deface,or destroy a commercial fishing vessel or any associated gear. Finally,the bill deems a person to be ineligible for any hunting or fishinglicense for a certain period of time if such person is found guiltyof an offense set out in the bill.
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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. **CHAP0403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0403)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107040D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB928H1)
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3. **HB928ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB928ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104517D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB928)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)
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- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104517D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from VCSC (HB928)
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- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB928)
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- **2024-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107040D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB928H1)
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107040D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB928H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB928ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB928ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)
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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/c7802742-cdfb-404f-9336-402d587bcfd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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