republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1127.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	SB 1127	Virginia SB 1127 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	3	17	6	2017-01-09	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ee458c57-b3f1-436d-a600-6fdaad0833f3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1127	54d64bb68f9975342f46b70ecb0d4c67c4ba460f9c49c35dbfd8270e973480f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1127 (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 (CHAP0163) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1127ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103564D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendments agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103564D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-10 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee458c57-b3f1-436d-a600-6fdaad0833f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).