republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1517.md

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Bill	Sandbridge Beach; general permit for sand Subdivision.	Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to adopt a General Permit for Sand Management and Placement Profiles for properties in the Sandbridge Beach Subdivision of Virginia Beach and authorizes the Norfolk Wetlands Board to adopt such a permit for properties in the City of Norfolk. The bill requires the General Permit and Placement Profiles to include the permissible cost-effective sand management practices that property owners shall implement to protect and enhance the value of their property and to protect coastal primary sand dunes and public beaches. Any sand that is to be removed by the owner from his property must be judged to be "clean beach" sand prior to being transferred and placed in a spreading zone location.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1517	Virginia HB 1517 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Barry D. Knight	4	17	8	2016-12-22	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7a83a9a6-d0cc-4c49-9c40-ddde772ee390	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1517	2d75862bae4c1a73a43c53f140ec3ca816f515315891c28ec9bd9b2b13bee458	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1517 (2017) — Sandbridge Beach; general permit for sand Subdivision.

Authorizes the Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to adopt a General Permit for Sand Management and Placement Profiles for properties in the Sandbridge Beach Subdivision of Virginia Beach and authorizes the Norfolk Wetlands Board to adopt such a permit for properties in the City of Norfolk. The bill requires the General Permit and Placement Profiles to include the permissible cost-effective sand management practices that property owners shall implement to protect and enhance the value of their property and to protect coastal primary sand dunes and public beaches. Any sand that is to be removed by the owner from his property must be judged to be "clean beach" sand prior to being transferred and placed in a spreading zone location.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0338) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1517ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17103888D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100599D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
• Frank W. Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100599D introduction
• 2016-12-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 17103888D-H1
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1517H1
• 2017-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 338 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a83a9a6-d0cc-4c49-9c40-ddde772ee390. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).