---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stormwater Management Fund, local; locality by ordinance authorized to create."
description: "Authorizes a locality by ordinance to create a local Stormwater Management Fund consisting of appropriated local moneys for the purpose of granting funds to an owner of private property or a common interest community for stormwater management and erosion prevention on previously developed lands. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1614"
citation: "Virginia HB 1614 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-08-28"
last_action: "2019-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c24b9e0e-bce5-40ae-9a2b-3f0f760f8ac3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1614"
source_hash: "ed21f0c1b52a3e5d4dd99026587268c85112b07bb73057a874114ac8e49f3448"
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 1614 (2019) — Stormwater Management Fund, local; locality by ordinance authorized to create.

Authorizes a locality by ordinance to create a local Stormwater Management Fund consisting of appropriated local moneys for the purpose of granting funds to an owner of private property or a common interest community for stormwater management and erosion prevention on previously developed lands. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0344)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1614AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1614)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1614ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1614ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100149D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1614)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100149D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1614E)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106792D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1614S1)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106792D-S1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100149D `introduction`
- **2018-08-28** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1614E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19100149D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 19106792D-S1
- **2019-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1614S1
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106792D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c24b9e0e-bce5-40ae-9a2b-3f0f760f8ac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).