republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-776.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	Wetlands protection; living shorelines.	Wetlands protection; living shorelines. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to promulgate and periodically update minimum standards for the protection and conservation of wetlands and to approve only living shoreline approaches to shoreline stabilization where the best available science shows that such approaches are feasible. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 776	Virginia SB 776 (2020)	bill		enacted	Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	4	34	8	2020-01-08	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/6863beda-3a32-4f32-b0ff-669b7fa589fe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB776	3e92782e1287b21acaa6f56c19273e2dbb535884104da52ed200142d57aa931f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 776 (2020) — Wetlands protection; living shorelines.

Wetlands protection; living shorelines. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to promulgate and periodically update minimum standards for the protection and conservation of wetlands and to approve only living shoreline approaches to shoreline stabilization where the best available science shows that such approaches are feasible. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB776ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB776E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB776) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N) — 69–30 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102955D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB776)
• 2020-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB776E
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20102955D-E
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB776E)
• 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-21 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-26 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-03-02 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-03-02 Passed House with amendments (70-Y 30-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N)
• 2020-03-03 House amendments agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N)
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB776ER)
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 809 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6863beda-3a32-4f32-b0ff-669b7fa589fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).