---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subaqueous beds; nontidal waters, permit requirements, penalty."
description: "Subaqueous beds; nontidal waters, permit requirements, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1074"
citation: "Virginia SB 1074 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b84cd05-52f4-40fd-9bb4-7ceac17f3048"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1074"
source_hash: "68ff2f922198ea423b6d7ac350c501ed3a134899ceb83e874de59bf348fb1980"
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 1074 (2023) — Subaqueous beds; nontidal waters, permit requirements, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0259)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101290D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1074)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23101290D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1074E)
4. **SB1074ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1074ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101290D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1074)
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1074E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23101290D-E
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1074E)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1074ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1074ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 259 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b84cd05-52f4-40fd-9bb4-7ceac17f3048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).