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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1813: Wildlife Resources, Board of; trout-fishing access-site registry, income tax credit.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1813 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Wildlife Resources, Board of; trout-fishing access-site registry, income tax credit. Primary sponsor: Ellen McLaughlin (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Board of Wildlife Resources; trout-fishing access-site registry; income tax credit. Requires the Board of Wildlife Resources to establish and manage a trout-fishing access-site registry through which eligible landowners may register real property to allow valid fishing-license holders access to such property for the sole purpose of fishing trout. The bill authorizes such registrants to claim a nonrefundable income tax credit in the amount of $2,000 for each full tax year that such person had real property registered as a trout-fishing access site with the Board.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ellen McLaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Terry AustinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Mike CherryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 3-N)
  3. Impact statement from TAX (HB1813)
  4. Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
  5. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101190D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source