Virginia Senate Bill 1004 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; road construction projects. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, to create a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (the Plan). The Plan shall identify wildlife corridors, defined as areas connecting fragmented wildlife habitats that are separated by human activities or infrastructure, and recommend wildlife crossing projects intended to promote driver safety and wildlife connectivity. The bill requires the Plan to be submitted to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by September 1, 2022, and every four years thereafter. The bill also provides that the Department of Transportation shall (i) include the impact on any wildlife corridor identified in the Plan in any environmental impact report for a highway construction project and (ii) consider measures for the mitigation of harm caused to wildlife by a highway in the design options for the construction of such highway.

Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N) (Y: 90 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1004ER)
2020-02-27	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N)
2020-02-24	House	Passed House (90-Y 10-N)
2020-02-24	House	Read third time
2020-02-21	House	Read second time
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-01-16	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20105261D
2020-01-16	Senate	Unanimous consent to introduce

HB1695 (Same As) 2020-03-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1188.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
29	1	578	(n/a)	See Bill Text
29	1	579	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1004
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1004+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1004ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0672+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0062+SB1004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0382SB1004+SB1004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0442SB1004+SB1004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0226+SB1004
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1253+SB1004