---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations."
description: "Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1807"
citation: "Virginia HB 1807 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloxom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add9e9a1-4224-4249-8ed9-ff13e523446c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1807"
source_hash: "d4f177201ac95e3a158f4fcac67fd14240df0a69774f8b75292b2d776fcb2370"
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 1807 (2023) — Flood plain management; state agency compliance with regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0777** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0777)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106936D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1807S1)
3. **HB1807ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1807ER)
4. **HB1807ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1807ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103942D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1807)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloxom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103942D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1807)
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106936D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1807S1)
- **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 23106936D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1807S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106936D-S1 (98-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1807ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1807ER)
- **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** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1807ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 777 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/add9e9a1-4224-4249-8ed9-ff13e523446c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).