---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; changes contingency for effective date."
description: "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; changes contingency for effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "Virginia HB 1485 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Webert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-01"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/463f7525-eb46-4110-b0e1-488b2569fd2a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1485"
source_hash: "51607ad426bd221f09c12b84e9649105d89a63add90437a88b12b7369ae0f7e8"
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 1485 (2023) — Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; changes contingency for effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0735** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0735)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104627D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1485H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106934D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1485S1)
4. **HB1485ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1485ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101756D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1485)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 24-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Webert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101756D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Committee substitute printed 23104627D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23104627D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1485H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1485H1)
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106934D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106934D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1485S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1485S1)
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106934D-S1 (73-Y 24-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 24-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1485ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1485ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/463f7525-eb46-4110-b0e1-488b2569fd2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).