---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, Commonwealth Center for; study topics to manage water quality, etc."
description: "Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency; study topics. Directs the Commonwealth Center for RecurrentFlooding Resiliency to (i) undertake certain topics of study to assistthe Commonwealth and achieve the mission of the Center, (ii) overseethe development of a Flood Resiliency Clearinghouse Program, (iii)research and provide recommendations for solutions that manage bothwater quality and flooding and emphasize nature-based solutions,and (iv) make final recommendations for solutions to be approvedfor flood mitigation that are deemed appropriate for permitting bycertain agencies of the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2187"
citation: "Virginia HB 2187 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daec2721-230f-4637-8aa3-17773e41bd53"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2187"
source_hash: "944acbefb91cbc407078a76fb3eb52876128b1e646e0b472391a7ce4072855cb"
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 2187 (2021) — Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, Commonwealth Center for; study topics to manage water quality, etc.

Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency; study topics. Directs the Commonwealth Center for RecurrentFlooding Resiliency to (i) undertake certain topics of study to assistthe Commonwealth and achieve the mission of the Center, (ii) overseethe development of a Flood Resiliency Clearinghouse Program, (iii)research and provide recommendations for solutions that manage bothwater quality and flooding and emphasize nature-based solutions,and (iv) make final recommendations for solutions to be approvedfor flood mitigation that are deemed appropriate for permitting bycertain agencies of the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0150)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103241D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2187H1)
3. **HB2187ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2187ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102677D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2187)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102677D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee substitute printed 21103241D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2187H1)
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 21103241D-H1
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2187H1
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **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 (15-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** Impact statement from DPB (HB2187ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **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 150 (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/daec2721-230f-4637-8aa3-17773e41bd53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).