Virginia House Bill 1715 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on February 22 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Dams; wetland vegetation. Exempts wetland vegetation growing on certain regulated impounding structures from the requirement that all vegetation be removed from such dams. The bill exempts vegetation associated with a wetland mitigation bank or in-lieu fee site that has regulatory approval and is the subject of a recorded, permanent instrument protecting the vegetation from removal. The bill allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to require the dam owner to remove trees by flush cutting unless the Department determines on the basis of site-specific information that the grubbing of roots is necessary to protect the integrity of the dam.

Dams; prohibited vegetation, certain wetland vegetation allowed.

Del. David Bulova [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2019-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-16 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)
2019-02-22		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-18		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-18	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
2019-02-14	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-14	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-14	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1715ER)
2019-02-14	House	Enrolled
2019-02-12	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-12	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-07	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2019-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-22	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-01-22	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1715H1
2019-01-21	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19104995D-H1
2019-01-21	House	Read second time
2019-01-18	House	Read first time
2019-01-16	House	Committee substitute printed 19104995D-H1
2019-01-16	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
2019-01-09	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
2018-12-15	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-12-15	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101371D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	609.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1715
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1715+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1715H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1715ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0148+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0103V0001+HB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0103V0003+HB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H01V0007+HB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV1762+HB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S01V0080+HB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0501HB1715+HB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0520HB1715+HB1715