Virginia Senate Bill 1290 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 12 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

ConserveVirginia program; established. Establishes in the Department of Conservation and Recreation a data-driven Geographical Information Systems model to prioritize potential conservation areas across the Commonwealth that would provide quantifiable benefits to the citizens of Virginia, known as ConserveVirginia. Aspects of the program include (i) the synthesis of multiple mapped data inputs, divided into categories, each representing a different overarching conservation value, and periodic revision of such values; (ii) access to the model by the public and all state and federal agencies; and (iii) incorporation of the model into acquisition or grant decisions when appropriate. The bill requires the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to report on the success of the program and incorporate the program into needs assessments for expenditures from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund. ConserveVirginia program; established. Establishes in the Department of Conservation and Recreation a data-driven Geographical Information Systems model to prioritize potential conservation areas across the Commonwealth that would provide quantifiable benefits to the citizens of Virginia, known as ConserveVirginia. Aspects of the program include (i) the synthesis of multiple mapped data inputs, divided into categories, each representing a different overarching conservation value, and periodic revision of such values; (ii) access to the model by the public and all state and federal agencies; and (iii) incorporation of the model into acquisition or grant decisions when appropriate. The bill requires the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to report on the success of the program and incorporate the program into needs assessments for expenditures from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund.

ConserveVirginia program; established.

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2021-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (Y: 55 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-12		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)
2021-03-12		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1290ER)
2021-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-22	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
2021-02-22	House	Passed House (55-Y 45-N)
2021-02-22	House	Read third time
2021-02-19	House	Read second time
2021-02-17	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 8-N)
2021-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2021-02-09	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2021-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-01-25	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-22	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1290S1
2021-01-22	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103330D-S1
2021-01-22	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-01-22	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-19	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103330D-S1
2021-01-19	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 1-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101901D

SB1290 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1018.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1021	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	104.6:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1290
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1290+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1290S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1290ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0099+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1290F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1290FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1290FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01C0015+SB1290
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0068SB1290+SB1290
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0099SB1290+SB1290
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0103V0001+SB1290
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H01V0018+SB1290
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1820+SB1290