republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subaqueous beds; unlawful use, replacement of piers."
description: "Unlawful use of subaqueous beds; replacement of piers. Excludes the replacement of certain private piers used for noncommercial purposes from the requirement that a permit be issued by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission prior to taking certain actions regarding the beds of the bays, ocean, rivers, streams, or creeks that are the property of the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Virginia SB 145 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-09"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6465a2f-9784-424e-99b1-b5be799bcc75"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB145"
source_hash: "edfa21fe969d9641118ea2409c2521f335b87b73fd65a446d162d58f8548e356"
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 145 (2022) — Subaqueous beds; unlawful use, replacement of piers.

Unlawful use of subaqueous beds; replacement of piers. Excludes the replacement of certain private piers used for noncommercial purposes from the requirement that a permit be issued by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission prior to taking certain actions regarding the beds of the bays, ocean, rivers, streams, or creeks that are the property of the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0159)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106403D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB145S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107165D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB145H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100621D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB145)
5. **SB145ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB145ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100621D `introduction`
- **2022-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB145)
- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106403D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106403D-S1
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB145S1
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB145S1)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute printed 22107165D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22107165D-H1
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB145H1
- **2022-03-07** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Title replaced 22107165D-H1
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB145H1)
- **2022-03-08** House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB145ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6465a2f-9784-424e-99b1-b5be799bcc75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).