republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-551.md

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Bill	Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.	Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 504 and SB 506 and is identical to HB 516.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 551	Virginia SB 551 (2022)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	4	33	7	2022-01-12	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/39e22dc5-2438-465a-950f-f44b3b51f91e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB551	b8827689401ac1fec146c181197d0c4c3703839afe8b973aa03a36641537fe09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 551 (2022) — Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.

Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 504 and SB 506 and is identical to HB 516.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0495 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105258D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103100D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB551ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) — 13–3 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103100D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-25 Committee substitute printed 22105258D-S1 substitution
• 2022-01-25 Incorporates SB504 (Lewis)
• 2022-01-25 Incorporates SB506 (Lewis)
• 2022-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB551S1)
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22105258D-S1
• 2022-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB551S1
• 2022-02-07 Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2022-03-07 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 House amendment agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB551ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39e22dc5-2438-465a-950f-f44b3b51f91e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).