---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine Resources Commission and local wetlands boards; permit applications, public notice."
description: "Marine Resources Commission and local wetlands boards; permit applications, public notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1160"
citation: "Virginia SB 1160 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27506f10-9cba-4d4b-9489-d700dd2cebad"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1160"
source_hash: "834513da00650e1aa4ea8411efb779ddc78d39a1ecfab0c1fa6ca059194982be"
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 1160 (2023) — Marine Resources Commission and local wetlands boards; permit applications, public notice.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0195)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105333D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1160S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104030D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1160)
4. **SB1160ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1160ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104030D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1160)
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23105333D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23105333D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1160S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1160S1)
- **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`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House (58-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1160ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1160ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 195 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0195)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27506f10-9cba-4d4b-9489-d700dd2cebad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).