republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1796.md

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Bill	Oyster grounds; dredging projects in Lynnhaven River.	Provides that certain oyster ground leaseholders in the Lynnhaven River are subject to the conduct of approved municipal dredging projects to restore existing navigation channels. The bill limits such projects to oyster grounds that are condemned, restricted, or otherwise nonproductive, and it requires the locality to compensate the lessee for the use of the ground. The bill directs that if the parties cannot agree on a compensation amount, a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine the value of the ground. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1796	Virginia HB 1796 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Christopher P. Stolle	4	17	8	2017-01-09	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0023ff96-48a5-408a-adde-42f28977aa73	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1796	c3f11f68314f99773120a16e504d46bebd9036a9428170f84901ca90f2a310bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1796 (2017) — Oyster grounds; dredging projects in Lynnhaven River.

Provides that certain oyster ground leaseholders in the Lynnhaven River are subject to the conduct of approved municipal dredging projects to restore existing navigation channels. The bill limits such projects to oyster grounds that are condemned, restricted, or otherwise nonproductive, and it requires the locality to compensate the lessee for the use of the ground. The bill directs that if the parties cannot agree on a compensation amount, a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine the value of the ground. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2019. 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 (CHAP0529) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1796ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17105038D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101220D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 97–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101220D introduction
• 2017-01-09 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 17105038D-H1
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1796H1
• 2017-02-06 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-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
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 529 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0023ff96-48a5-408a-adde-42f28977aa73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).