---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site."
description: "Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site. Provides that when a water protection permit applicant is required to purchase wetland or stream mitigation bank credits but no credits are available (i) in any mitigation provider's primary service area or (ii) at a cost of less than 200 percent of the price of credits available from a fund dedicated to achieving no net loss of wetland acreage and functions, the applicant may purchase or use credits from a mitigation provider's secondary service area. The bill provides certain requirements that the permit applicant must comply with in order to purchase or use such credits from a secondary service area, including minimum tree canopy requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1983"
citation: "Virginia HB 1983 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72267a94-d0fc-480b-a4ea-93447a78bc90"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1983"
source_hash: "4531744dbf193e59aba46f556908d905b65f9f8acba3ccb2ebc920d354751fc7"
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 HB 1983 (2021) — Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site.

Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site. Provides that when a water protection permit applicant is required to purchase wetland or stream mitigation bank credits but no credits are available (i) in any mitigation provider's primary service area or (ii) at a cost of less than 200 percent of the price of credits available from a fund dedicated to achieving no net loss of wetland acreage and functions, the applicant may purchase or use credits from a mitigation provider's secondary service area. The bill provides certain requirements that the permit applicant must comply with in order to purchase or use such credits from a secondary service area, including minimum tree canopy requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0265)
2. **HB1983ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1983ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102632D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1983)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102632D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1983E)

## Votes

- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N 1-A) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102632D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1983)
- **2021-01-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-01-22** Engrossed by House as amended HB1983E
- **2021-01-22** Printed as engrossed 21102632D-E
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N 1-A)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1983E)
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1983ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72267a94-d0fc-480b-a4ea-93447a78bc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).