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Bill Dams; negotiated settlement agreements. Dams; negotiated settlement agreements.Authorizes the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to enterinto a negotiated settlement with the owners of certain impoundingstructures who have allegedly violated or failed, neglected, or refusedto obey any permit condition, provision of the Dam Safety Act, orBoard regulation or order. The settlement shall require the dam ownerto correct deficiencies at the dam structure and to pay civil charges for past alleged violations instead of any appropriate civil penaltythat could be imposed. Such civil charges shall be suspended uponcompliance with the settlement agreement. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1280 Virginia SB 1280 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1280 (2021) — Dams; negotiated settlement agreements.

Dams; negotiated settlement agreements.Authorizes the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to enterinto a negotiated settlement with the owners of certain impoundingstructures who have allegedly violated or failed, neglected, or refusedto obey any permit condition, provision of the Dam Safety Act, orBoard regulation or order. The settlement shall require the dam ownerto correct deficiencies at the dam structure and to pay civil charges for past alleged violations instead of any appropriate civil penaltythat could be imposed. Such civil charges shall be suspended uponcompliance with the settlement agreement.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0097 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102055D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1280ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John J. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102055D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1280)
  • 2021-01-19 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 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 (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-15 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-17 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-17 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1280ER)
  • 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
  • 2021-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05d4b79c-a0c4-400f-8c69-a8dd7e5a2f55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).