---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetlands zoning permit; eliminates notarization requirement."
description: "Wetlands zoning permit; eliminates notarization requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 867"
citation: "Virginia SB 867 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cosgrove"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-02"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92855660-6ca3-4bae-b45e-4b817a5a0c55"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB867"
source_hash: "ae6aeb9f8f0ea750840221802c24f2c1eba4033b8cae8583ace2339937bbdbad"
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 867 (2023) — Wetlands zoning permit; eliminates notarization requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0099** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0099)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102079D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB867)
3. **SB867ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB867ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cosgrove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102079D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB867)
- **2023-01-17** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** 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 (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB867ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB867ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92855660-6ca3-4bae-b45e-4b817a5a0c55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).