---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetlands; expedited permits, administrative procedures."
description: "Wetlands; expedited permits, administrative procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1152"
citation: "Virginia SB 1152 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cosgrove"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cdcc0ef-8147-4035-a6df-6eded0f30935"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1152"
source_hash: "8da9a781aebefdd6911b57fbed1478d538f58cdbc5b95ccd3400b2ac9ef9219a"
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 1152 (2023) — Wetlands; expedited permits, administrative procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0277)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106061D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1152S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106801D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1152H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102910D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1152)
5. **SB1152ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1152ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cosgrove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102910D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23106061D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1152S1)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23106061D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1152S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106801D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1152H1)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 23106801D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1152H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Title replaced 23106801D-H1
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1152ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1152ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cdcc0ef-8147-4035-a6df-6eded0f30935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).