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Bill Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site. Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site. Provides that when a water protection permit applicant is required to purchase wetland or stream mitigation bank credits but no credits are available (i) in any mitigation provider's primary service area or (ii) at a cost of less than 200 percent of the price of credits available from a fund dedicated to achieving no net loss of wetland acreage and functions, the applicant may purchase or use credits from a mitigation provider's secondary service area. The bill provides certain requirements that the permit applicant must comply with in order to purchase or use such credits from a secondary service area, including minimum tree canopy requirements. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1983 Virginia HB 1983 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1983 (2021) — Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site.

Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site. Provides that when a water protection permit applicant is required to purchase wetland or stream mitigation bank credits but no credits are available (i) in any mitigation provider's primary service area or (ii) at a cost of less than 200 percent of the price of credits available from a fund dedicated to achieving no net loss of wetland acreage and functions, the applicant may purchase or use credits from a mitigation provider's secondary service area. The bill provides certain requirements that the permit applicant must comply with in order to purchase or use such credits from a secondary service area, including minimum tree canopy requirements.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0265 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1983ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102632D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 21102632D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — 166 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N 1-A) — 8315 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102632D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1983)
  • 2021-01-20 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-20 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-22 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2021-01-22 Engrossed by House as amended HB1983E
  • 2021-01-22 Printed as engrossed 21102632D-E
  • 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-25 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N 1-A)
  • 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1983E)
  • 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 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1983ER)
  • 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
  • 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72267a94-d0fc-480b-a4ea-93447a78bc90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).