republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1161.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1161"
citation: "Virginia SB 1161 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea025c4-999c-4beb-a7d1-05da0f114873"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1161"
source_hash: "9b92fe2849d56232f2af1250b1449318f0b9508fde7858825d98319e55fe721a"
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 SB 1161 (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.

1. **CHAP0044** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0044)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103248D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1161S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100954D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1161)
4. **SB1161ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1161ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100954D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1161)
- **2021-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-19** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee substitute printed 21103248D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 21103248D-S1
- **2021-01-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1161S1
- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1161S1)
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1161ER)
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2021
- **2021-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 44 (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/5ea025c4-999c-4beb-a7d1-05da0f114873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).