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| Bill | Dams; prohibited vegetation, certain wetland vegetation allowed. | Exempts wetland vegetation growing on certain regulated impounding structures from the requirement that all vegetation be removed from such dams. The bill exempts vegetation associated with a wetland mitigation bank or in-lieu fee site that has regulatory approval and is the subject of a recorded, permanent instrument protecting the vegetation from removal. The bill allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to require the dam owner to remove trees by flush cutting unless the Department determines on the basis of site-specific information that the grubbing of roots is necessary to protect the integrity of the dam. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 1715 | Virginia HB 1715 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 1715 (2019) — Dams; prohibited vegetation, certain wetland vegetation allowed.
Exempts wetland vegetation growing on certain regulated impounding structures from the requirement that all vegetation be removed from such dams. The bill exempts vegetation associated with a wetland mitigation bank or in-lieu fee site that has regulatory approval and is the subject of a recorded, permanent instrument protecting the vegetation from removal. The bill allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to require the dam owner to remove trees by flush cutting unless the Department determines on the basis of site-specific information that the grubbing of roots is necessary to protect the integrity of the dam.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148) (committee substitute) — source
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1715ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Committee substitute printed 19104995D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101371D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-12-15 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101371D
introduction - 2018-12-15 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2019-01-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2019-01-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2019-01-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2019-01-21 Committee substitute agreed to 19104995D-H1
- 2019-01-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1715H1
- 2019-01-22 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2019-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2019-01-23 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2019-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-14 Enrolled
- 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-02-14 Signed by President
- 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-02-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d37501e-5ad0-4822-9d9b-2917652a73d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).