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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.
- CHAP0265 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1983ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102632D (committee substitute) — source
- 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) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N 1-A) — 83–15 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (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).