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| Bill | Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership. | Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; membership. Clarifies that each of the six nonlegislative citizen members of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (the Board) who is not an at-large member is to be appointed by the Governor from a list of two qualified nominees submitted for each vacancy by the Board and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (the Association) in consultation with other groups. The bill also requires each of the six nonlegislative citizen members to be a resident of a different one of the six geographic areas represented in the Association. The bill contains technical amendments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1837 | Virginia HB 1837 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1837 (2021) — Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership.
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; membership. Clarifies that each of the six nonlegislative citizen members of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (the Board) who is not an at-large member is to be appointed by the Governor from a list of two qualified nominees submitted for each vacancy by the Board and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (the Association) in consultation with other groups. The bill also requires each of the six nonlegislative citizen members to be a resident of a different one of the six geographic areas represented in the Association. The bill contains technical amendments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0043 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103143D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1837ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100998D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100998D
introduction - 2021-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-01-12 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1837)
- 2021-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-20 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-20 Committee substitute printed 21103143D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-22 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21103143D-H1
- 2021-01-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1837H1
- 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1837H1)
- 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-26 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 (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1837ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc7a8f9e-ecb6-4252-ac6b-a9db66a9c0b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).