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type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources, Secretary of; name changed to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1836"
citation: "Virginia HB 1836 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth R. Plum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8090497a-9f34-4351-a232-7839a21cb2ba"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1836"
source_hash: "7ef401518527a1259edab30294b81295b3c8cd4ea55dad335f56ac1f2b9c06d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0401)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21200339D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1836S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 21200584D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1836H1)
4. **HB1836ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1836ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101981D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1836)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) — **6830** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) — **2513** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (64-Y 34-N) — **6334** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) — **175** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) — **095** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N) — **327** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8090497a-9f34-4351-a232-7839a21cb2ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).