republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2187.md

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Bill	Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, Commonwealth Center for; study topics to manage water quality, etc.	Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency; study topics. Directs the Commonwealth Center for RecurrentFlooding Resiliency to (i) undertake certain topics of study to assistthe Commonwealth and achieve the mission of the Center, (ii) overseethe development of a Flood Resiliency Clearinghouse Program, (iii)research and provide recommendations for solutions that manage bothwater quality and flooding and emphasize nature-based solutions,and (iv) make final recommendations for solutions to be approvedfor flood mitigation that are deemed appropriate for permitting bycertain agencies of the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2187	Virginia HB 2187 (2021)	bill		enacted	M. Keith Hodges	4	34	9	2021-01-13	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/daec2721-230f-4637-8aa3-17773e41bd53	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2187	944acbefb91cbc407078a76fb3eb52876128b1e646e0b472391a7ce4072855cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2187 (2021) — Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, Commonwealth Center for; study topics to manage water quality, etc.

Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency; study topics. Directs the Commonwealth Center for RecurrentFlooding Resiliency to (i) undertake certain topics of study to assistthe Commonwealth and achieve the mission of the Center, (ii) overseethe development of a Flood Resiliency Clearinghouse Program, (iii)research and provide recommendations for solutions that manage bothwater quality and flooding and emphasize nature-based solutions,and (iv) make final recommendations for solutions to be approvedfor flood mitigation that are deemed appropriate for permitting bycertain agencies of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0150 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103241D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2187ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102677D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
• Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102677D introduction
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-01-20 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-20 Committee substitute printed 21103241D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-25 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB2187H1)
• 2021-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 21103241D-H1
• 2021-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2187H1
• 2021-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-29 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 (15-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 (HB2187ER)
• 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
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 150 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daec2721-230f-4637-8aa3-17773e41bd53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).