---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stormwater and erosion and sediment control; acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review."
description: "Stormwater and erosion and sediment control;acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review. Authorizes the StateWater Control Board or the Department of Environmental Quality, inits administration of a Virginia Stormwater Management Program, VirginiaErosion and Stormwater Management Program, or Virginia Erosion andSediment Control Program, to choose to accept a set of plans andsupporting calculations for any land-disturbing activity determined to be de minimus using a risk-based approach established by the Board.The bill provides that such plans and supporting calculations shallsatisfy the requirement that the Board or the Department retain acertified plan reviewer or conduct a plan review. The bill also directsthe Board to adopt implementing regulations and provides requirementsfor the process of adoption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 843"
citation: "Virginia SB 843 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d24783b-1df6-4c68-b92b-7d9686dd67a3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB843"
source_hash: "3694c61127d4be229ed19a06b90b2feec60de8e2a56a33f15ad3236cfe8126c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 843 (2020) — Stormwater and erosion and sediment control; acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review.

Stormwater and erosion and sediment control;acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review. Authorizes the StateWater Control Board or the Department of Environmental Quality, inits administration of a Virginia Stormwater Management Program, VirginiaErosion and Stormwater Management Program, or Virginia Erosion andSediment Control Program, to choose to accept a set of plans andsupporting calculations for any land-disturbing activity determined to be de minimus using a risk-based approach established by the Board.The bill provides that such plans and supporting calculations shallsatisfy the requirement that the Board or the Department retain acertified plan reviewer or conduct a plan review. The bill also directsthe Board to adopt implementing regulations and provides requirementsfor the process of adoption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0812)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0812)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB843ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB843ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB843)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB843)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102941D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB843)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99--Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB843ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 812 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d24783b-1df6-4c68-b92b-7d9686dd67a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).