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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife corridors; various agencies to consider and incorporate."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1274"
citation: "Virginia SB 1274 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5900766-c4b5-47c1-bb00-3707ef413117"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1274"
source_hash: "f17636ba72c4947c907fe7f6123a8d912af61fdbdbdefa71612736bfccdb6e8d"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0498)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101399D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1274)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21101399D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1274E)
4. **SB1274ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1274ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5900766-c4b5-47c1-bb00-3707ef413117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).