---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient for grants."
description: "Virginia Port Authority; Waterway MaintenanceGrant Program; qualifications of recipient. Authorizes the VirginiaPort Authority, in awarding grants through the Waterway Maintenance Grant Program, to award a grant to a political subdivision or governingbody for the dredging of a waterway channel with a bottom that isprivately owned if such political subdivision or governing body holdsa lease of such bottom with a term of 25 years or more."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "Virginia SB 357 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d2863ac-ebe8-41ac-8119-a4290f8f1775"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB357"
source_hash: "389ab315c1ba0e03de3da116bf78c432751570bc693be1669dd52981840062ab"
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 357 (2022) — Waterway Maintenance Grant Program; qualifications of recipient for grants.

Virginia Port Authority; Waterway MaintenanceGrant Program; qualifications of recipient. Authorizes the VirginiaPort Authority, in awarding grants through the Waterway Maintenance Grant Program, to award a grant to a political subdivision or governingbody for the dredging of a waterway channel with a bottom that isprivately owned if such political subdivision or governing body holdsa lease of such bottom with a term of 25 years or more.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0282)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100324D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB357)
3. **SB357ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB357ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 1-A) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100324D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB357)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB357ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 282 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d2863ac-ebe8-41ac-8119-a4290f8f1775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).