republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1274.md

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Bill	Wildlife corridors; various agencies to consider and incorporate.	Government planning; wildlife corridors. Directs various agencies to consider and incorporate, where applicable, wildlife corridors and any recommendation of the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan. The bill directs the Department of Wildlife Resources to publish the Plan and subsequent updates on its website and to assist state agencies and political subdivisions, and by request any federal agency, in considering and incorporating, where applicable, wildlife corridors and the recommendations of the Plan when developing any governmental strategic plan, map, or action.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1274	Virginia SB 1274 (2021)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	4	36	8	2021-01-12	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/c5900766-c4b5-47c1-bb00-3707ef413117	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1274	f17636ba72c4947c907fe7f6123a8d912af61fdbdbdefa71612736bfccdb6e8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1274 (2021) — Wildlife corridors; various agencies to consider and incorporate.

Government planning; wildlife corridors. Directs various agencies to consider and incorporate, where applicable, wildlife corridors and any recommendation of the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan. The bill directs the Department of Wildlife Resources to publish the Plan and subsequent updates on its website and to assist state agencies and political subdivisions, and by request any federal agency, in considering and incorporating, where applicable, wildlife corridors and the recommendations of the Plan when developing any governmental strategic plan, map, or action.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0498 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101399D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 21101399D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1274ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) — 88–10 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101399D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1274)
• 2021-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-19 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-22 Reading of amendments waived
• 2021-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-01-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1274E
• 2021-01-22 Printed as engrossed 21101399D-E
• 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-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
• 2021-02-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB1274E)
• 2021-02-17 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-22 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-22 Passed House with amendments (89-Y 10-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N)
• 2021-02-23 House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1274ER)
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5900766-c4b5-47c1-bb00-3707ef413117. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).