republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-1004.md

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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	Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.	Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; road construction projects. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, to create a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (the Plan). The Plan shall identify wildlife corridors, defined as areas connecting fragmented wildlife habitats that are separated by human activities or infrastructure, and recommend wildlife crossing projects intended to promote driver safety and wildlife connectivity. The bill requires the Plan to be submitted to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by September 1, 2022, and every four years thereafter. The bill also provides that the Department of Transportation shall (i) include the impact on any wildlife corridor identified in the Plan in any environmental impact report for a highway construction project and (ii) consider measures for the mitigation of harm caused to wildlife by a highway in the design options for the construction of such highway. This bill is identical to HB 1695.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 1004	Virginia SB 1004 (2020)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	3	23	5	2020-01-16	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/876292cb-e596-4df2-a788-ce7a3b4f212d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1004	88e2b73e8273e8366a97ca8d1d5c44fff844bdb4b40e8fd66fc8f86acd16ea30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1004 (2020) — Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.

Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; road construction projects. Directs the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, to create a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (the Plan). The Plan shall identify wildlife corridors, defined as areas connecting fragmented wildlife habitats that are separated by human activities or infrastructure, and recommend wildlife crossing projects intended to promote driver safety and wildlife connectivity. The bill requires the Plan to be submitted to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by September 1, 2022, and every four years thereafter. The bill also provides that the Department of Transportation shall (i) include the impact on any wildlife corridor identified in the Plan in any environmental impact report for a highway construction project and (ii) consider measures for the mitigation of harm caused to wildlife by a highway in the design options for the construction of such highway. This bill is identical to HB 1695.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1004ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB1004) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N) — 89–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Unanimous consent to introduce
• 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105261D introduction
• 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB1004)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House (90-Y 10-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB1004ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/876292cb-e596-4df2-a788-ce7a3b4f212d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).