republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2076.md

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Bill	State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license.	Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring that all final plan elements, specifications, or calculations whose preparation requires a license in engineering, architecture, soil science, or a related profession be signed and sealed by a licensed professional. The bill requires the regulations to be effective no later than July 1, 2018, and exempts them from certain provisions of the Administrative Process Act. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2076	Virginia HB 2076 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Tony O. Wilt	4	18	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/05a4a765-e742-4673-b290-5ecba13cf5e6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2076	b1d3dbfc4d0ba1debece5ba6b3c78d70565cc04be22d8764e784e90bd3b0cede	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2076 (2017) — State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license.

Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring that all final plan elements, specifications, or calculations whose preparation requires a license in engineering, architecture, soil science, or a related profession be signed and sealed by a licensed professional. The bill requires the regulations to be effective no later than July 1, 2018, and exempts them from certain provisions of the Administrative Process Act. 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 (CHAP0010) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2076ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101647D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101647D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101647D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB2076E
• 2017-01-27 Printed as engrossed 17101647D-E
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Enrolled
• 2017-02-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-08 Signed by President
• 2017-02-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
• 2017-02-09 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
• 2017-02-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05a4a765-e742-4673-b290-5ecba13cf5e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).