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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	Natural Resources, Secretary of; name changed to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.	Secretary of Natural Resources. Renamesthe Secretary of Natural Resources as the Secretary of Natural andCultural Resources. The bill also designates the Secretary as theChief Resilience Officer and removes the Virginia Museum of NaturalHistory from the purview of the Secretary.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1836	Virginia HB 1836 (2021)	bill		enacted	Kenneth R. Plum	5	42	10	2021-01-06	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/8090497a-9f34-4351-a232-7839a21cb2ba	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1836	7ef401518527a1259edab30294b81295b3c8cd4ea55dad335f56ac1f2b9c06d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1836 (2021) — Natural Resources, Secretary of; name changed to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.

Secretary of Natural Resources. Renamesthe Secretary of Natural Resources as the Secretary of Natural andCultural Resources. The bill also designates the Secretary as theChief Resilience Officer and removes the Virginia Museum of NaturalHistory from the purview of the Secretary.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0401 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21200339D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference substitute printed 21200584D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1836ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101981D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) — 68–30 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Agreed To (64-Y 34-N) — 63–34 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) — 0–95 (fail) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101981D introduction
• 2021-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1836)
• 2021-01-18 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-01-19 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-19 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N)
• 2021-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Committee substitute printed 21200339D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1836S1)
• 2021-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 21200339D-S1
• 2021-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1836S1
• 2021-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) passage
• 2021-02-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-23 Senate substitute rejected by House 21200339D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
• 2021-02-23 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
• 2021-02-24 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 Senate requested conference committee
• 2021-02-25 House acceded to request
• 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by House
• 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2021-02-26 Amended by conference committee
• 2021-02-26 Conference substitute printed 21200584D-H1
• 2021-02-27 Passed by temporarily
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N)
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N)
• 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (64-Y 34-N)
• 2021-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1836H1)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1836ER)
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 401 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8090497a-9f34-4351-a232-7839a21cb2ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).