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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1127"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1127 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee458c57-b3f1-436d-a600-6fdaad0833f3"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1127"
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source_hash: "54d64bb68f9975342f46b70ecb0d4c67c4ba460f9c49c35dbfd8270e973480f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1127 (2017) — State Water Control Board; stormwater management programs, regulations, professional license.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0163)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1127ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1127ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103564D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1127)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103564D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-10** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee458c57-b3f1-436d-a600-6fdaad0833f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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