--- type: "Bill" title: "Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; assessment for violations, etc., civil penalties." description: "Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties. Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill increases from $1,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty that a locality authorized to administer a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program is able to collect for any one violation of certain regulations, orders, ordinances, program provisions, conditions of land-disturbance approvals, and provisions of state law. The bill also provides, however, that for a land-disturbing activity that (i) disturbs an area measuring at least 10,000 square feet but less than one acre in an area not designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area and (ii) is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that disturbs one or more acres of land, the civil penalty shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation, and a series of violations arising from the same set of facts shall not exceed $50,000." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 1350" citation: "Virginia HB 1350 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hillary Pugh Kent"] version_count: 5 action_count: 32 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2026-01-19" last_action: "2026-04-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ed30a3-7a15-4ed8-85d7-b346ff0823b2" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1350" source_hash: "e04f098753ba2b5fe80324536ca41b35679b09bd2cf9f752d4a53c2d7fd5f45f" 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 1350 (2026) — Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; assessment for violations, etc., civil penalties. Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties. Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill increases from $1,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty that a locality authorized to administer a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program is able to collect for any one violation of certain regulations, orders, ordinances, program provisions, conditions of land-disturbance approvals, and provisions of state law. The bill also provides, however, that for a land-disturbing activity that (i) disturbs an area measuring at least 10,000 square feet but less than one acre in an area not designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area and (ii) is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that disturbs one or more acres of land, the civil penalty shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation, and a series of violations arising from the same set of facts shall not exceed $50,000. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090846.PDF) 2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128481.PDF) 3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218074.PDF) 4. **Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108238.PDF) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194221.PDF) ## Votes - Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower - H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower - Passage R — **22–18** (pass) · upper - Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **10–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104659D `introduction` - **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee` - **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350) - **2026-01-30** Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee` - **2026-02-02** House subcommittee offered - **2026-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution` - **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26106778D-H1 `substitution` - **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1` - **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2` - **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution` - **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution` - **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3` - **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee` - **2026-02-24** Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage `referral-committee` - **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage` - **2026-02-26** Rules suspended - **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) - **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3` - **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day - **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage` - **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1350ER) `passage` - **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350) - **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage` - **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt` - **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt` - **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature` - **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1ed30a3-7a15-4ed8-85d7-b346ff0823b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).