VirginiaTidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc.
What it does
Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; policy task force; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to establish a policy task force to develop (i) strategies to protect existing tidal and nontidal wetlands and restore, create, and plan for the persistence of such wetlands in the Commonwealth and (ii) mechanisms to incorporate such strategies into appropriate plans, including the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill requires the task force to include certain relevant stakeholders, to meet at least two times annually, to report its initial findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by December 1, 2025, and to update its report at least every two years.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)Latest
- Vote recorded Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Enacted, Chapter 647 (Effective 07/01/25)Major
- Apr 2Signed by President as reenrolledTo Governor
- Apr 2Signed by Speaker as reenrolledMajor
- Apr 2Reenrolled bill text (HB2034ER2)Minor
- Apr 2ReenrolledMinor
- Apr 2Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation adoptedBecame Law
- Apr 2Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Apr 2House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- Mar 24Governor's substitute printed (HB2034H2)
- Mar 24Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation received by HouseMinor
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025Minor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
- Feb 19Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2034ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 28Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Printed as engrossed 25102025D-E
- Jan 27Engrossed by House as amended
- Jan 27Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed toMajor
- Jan 27Read second timeMinor
- Jan 27Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Jan 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
- Jan 24Read first timeMinor
- Jan 22Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 15Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
- Jan 14Assigned ACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102025DIntroduced
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)Latest