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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fishing license requirements; free fishing days."
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description: "Fishing license requirements; exemptions; free fishing days. Increases from three to six days the maximum number of free fishing days, during which a person is allowed to fish without a fishing license, that the Board of Wildlife Resources may designate for inland waters in the Commonwealth and the Commissioner of Marine Resources may designate for saltwater recreational fishing in the Commonwealth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1365"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1365 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-20"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc472bc-9ebe-49ac-9ef3-e24371e9753f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1365"
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source_hash: "6354ec9b5f3c6870c55b2338fe9d3cd52826f3a58e7624b34a46c35bf918e155"
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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 1365 (2026) — Fishing license requirements; free fishing days.
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Fishing license requirements; exemptions; free fishing days. Increases from three to six days the maximum number of free fishing days, during which a person is allowed to fish without a fishing license, that the Board of Wildlife Resources may designate for inland waters in the Commonwealth and the Commissioner of Marine Resources may designate for saltwater recreational fishing in the Commonwealth.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091703.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210726.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **91–4** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 26104570D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-20** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1365)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1365ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1365)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 834 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/afc472bc-9ebe-49ac-9ef3-e24371e9753f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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