---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stormwater management & erosion & sediment control; installation of permanent gravel access roads."
description: "Stormwater management & erosion & sediment control; installation of permanent gravel access roads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2126"
citation: "Virginia HB 2126 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d877a377-1145-41be-918c-76d938aec5d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2126"
source_hash: "777b0c837b6f56d088aad086879c417c6dea8b7a8d35f5a54c4816228c2165b8"
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 2126 (2023) — Stormwater management & erosion & sediment control; installation of permanent gravel access roads.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0196)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106082D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2126H1)
3. **HB2126ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2126ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102984D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2126)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102984D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2126)
- **2023-02-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23106082D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB2126H1)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106082D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2126H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2126ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2126ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d877a377-1145-41be-918c-76d938aec5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).