---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; availability of credits, use of funds."
description: "Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; availability of credits, use of funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1628"
citation: "Virginia HB 1628 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-07"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc56295b-d07b-446e-a3e2-26655dcc6d88"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1628"
source_hash: "edb461748df4e1df2b88b11ce6cee1ee891ba4456940105a7dcb05b62cca6643"
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 1628 (2023) — Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; availability of credits, use of funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0206)
2. **HB1628ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1628ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101605D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1628)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N 2-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101605D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1628)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Coyner, Bloxom, Simonds
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Favola, Hashmi, Obenshain
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N 2-A)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1628ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc56295b-d07b-446e-a3e2-26655dcc6d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).