VirginiaVirginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund; distribution of certain funds, reports.
What it does
Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund; reallocation of certain funds for conservation practices. Allows until July 1, 2027, in any fiscal year, any funds previously distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the purpose of grants for agricultural best management practices that cannot be obligated by a soil and water conservation district by June 15 during the fiscal year to be reallocated by the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to any soil and water conservation district for conservation practices. The bill also allows the Board to reallocate the remaining previously distributed funds that cannot be obligated by June 15 to the soil and water conservation districts within the same watershed.
More detail
Finally, the bill directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to include in its annual reports to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations relating to the clean-up plan for the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia waters the amounts of funds reappropriated between watersheds as provided in the bill.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 14Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Passed House (99-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Passed House (99-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Feb 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2170)
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25105968D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)Major
- Jan 28Assigned ACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 15Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2170)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103885DIntroduced
- Feb 14Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Latest