republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1308.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Stormwater management; local plan review, acceptance of signed plan in lieu of review.	Authorizes any rural Tidewater locality, whether or not it has opted out of administering a stormwater or erosion and sediment control program, to require that a licensed professional retained by the applicant submit a set of plans and supporting calculations for land-disturbing activities that disturb 2,500 square feet or more but less than one acre of land. The bill requires the plans to bear a certification and to be signed and sealed by the professional. The locality is authorized to accept such plans in satisfaction of the local plan review requirement. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Quality to examine the possibility of expanding the use of the agreement in lieu of a stormwater management plan, currently authorized for use in the construction of certain single-family residences, to include any nonresidential development site of less than one acre in a rural Tidewater locality.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1308	Virginia HB 1308 (2018)	bill	Tidewater Virginia Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	M. Keith Hodges	3	18	8	2018-01-10	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/a656e7fe-bfd0-4cef-83a9-cfe1104e0a56	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1308	bd35d84b9c1dd9016b6fd165a0176e0d3abd69a7fc45b8634bcba7bfbc092571	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1308 (2018) — Stormwater management; local plan review, acceptance of signed plan in lieu of review.

Authorizes any rural Tidewater locality, whether or not it has opted out of administering a stormwater or erosion and sediment control program, to require that a licensed professional retained by the applicant submit a set of plans and supporting calculations for land-disturbing activities that disturb 2,500 square feet or more but less than one acre of land. The bill requires the plans to bear a certification and to be signed and sealed by the professional. The locality is authorized to accept such plans in satisfaction of the local plan review requirement. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Quality to examine the possibility of expanding the use of the agreement in lieu of a stormwater management plan, currently authorized for use in the construction of certain single-family residences, to include any nonresidential development site of less than one acre in a rural Tidewater locality.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1308ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Presented and ordered printed 18104164D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18104164D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 96–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Presented and ordered printed 18104164D introduction
• 2018-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB1308E
• 2018-02-05 Printed as engrossed 18104164D-E
• 2018-02-06 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a656e7fe-bfd0-4cef-83a9-cfe1104e0a56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).