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Bill Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland. Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan initiatives; nutrient management plans; stream exclusion. Sets December 31, 2025, as the target date to achieve the water quality goals contained in Virginia's final Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The bill provides that if the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretaries) jointly determine on or after July 1, 2026, that such goals have not been met by a combination of agricultural best management conservation practices, including the coverage of a sufficient portion of Chesapeake Bay cropland by nutrient management plans or the installation of a sufficient number of livestock stream exclusion practices, then certain provisions requiring the use of nutrient management plans and livestock stream exclusions shall become effective. The bill directs the Secretaries to convene a stakeholder advisory group to review annual progress toward the implementation of agricultural commitments in the WIP, develop a process to assist in creating nutrient management plans, and develop a plan for the stream exclusion program. The measure also directs the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to establish by December 31, 2020, the official method for identifying perennial streams and directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish by July 1, 2021, a portable stream fencing practice for inclusion in the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practice Cost-Share Program. This bill is identical to SB 704. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1422 Virginia HB 1422 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1422 (2020) — Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan initiatives; nutrient management plans; stream exclusion. Sets December 31, 2025, as the target date to achieve the water quality goals contained in Virginia's final Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The bill provides that if the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretaries) jointly determine on or after July 1, 2026, that such goals have not been met by a combination of agricultural best management conservation practices, including the coverage of a sufficient portion of Chesapeake Bay cropland by nutrient management plans or the installation of a sufficient number of livestock stream exclusion practices, then certain provisions requiring the use of nutrient management plans and livestock stream exclusions shall become effective. The bill directs the Secretaries to convene a stakeholder advisory group to review annual progress toward the implementation of agricultural commitments in the WIP, develop a process to assist in creating nutrient management plans, and develop a plan for the stream exclusion program. The measure also directs the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to establish by December 31, 2020, the official method for identifying perennial streams and directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish by July 1, 2021, a portable stream fencing practice for inclusion in the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practice Cost-Share Program. This bill is identical to SB 704.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1185) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1422ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1422H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1422) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 211 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 19-N) — 7619 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (81-Y 17-N) — 8017 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage #2 (79-Y 20-N) — 7820 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 160 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104799D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1422)
  • 2020-02-05 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107737D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-05 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107737D-H1
  • 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1422H1
  • 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 17-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2020-02-11 Passed House (79-Y 20-N) passage
  • 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage #2 (79-Y 20-N)
  • 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1422H1)
  • 2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-27 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2020-02-27 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2020-02-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2020-02-27 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-02 Senate amendments agreed to by House (77-Y 19-N)
  • 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 19-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1422ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1185 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e29a06b8-eca8-4c5d-9907-8b12fe11faf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).