republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-377.md

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Bill	Virginia Water Protection Permit; exception for stormwater management facility on dry land.	Exempts from the requirement to obtain a Virginia Water Protection Permit any impact to a stormwater management facility on dry land. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt guidance to ensure that any project claiming this exemption creates no more than minimal ecological impact.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 377	Virginia HB 377 (2018)	bill	Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	David L. Bulova	3	18	8	2018-01-05	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/69adc730-1797-414e-8de7-5a307b9e8d27	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB377	36c653b634aebdb1d3cf958a4cb45a9ed00f8bd54fcc1f16707531e2a4dc2be6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 377 (2018) — Virginia Water Protection Permit; exception for stormwater management facility on dry land.

Exempts from the requirement to obtain a Virginia Water Protection Permit any impact to a stormwater management facility on dry land. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt guidance to ensure that any project claiming this exemption creates no more than minimal ecological impact.

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 (HB377ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104333D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18104333D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104333D introduction
• 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB377E
• 2018-02-05 Printed as engrossed 18104333D-E
• 2018-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-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
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 114 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69adc730-1797-414e-8de7-5a307b9e8d27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).