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type: "Bill"
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title: "Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan."
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description: "Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan. Prohibits a person from engaging in any land-disturbing activity until, where Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit coverage is required, the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) authority has obtained evidence of such permit coverage from the Department of Environmental Quality's online reporting system prior to issuing its land-disturbance approval. Current law requires the VESCP authority to obtain such evidence of VPDES permit coverage prior to approving an erosion and sediment control plan. This bill is identical to SB 365."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 656"
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citation: "Virginia HB 656 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Wiley"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26824249-cf68-4c25-9a24-714ea1a08e86"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB656"
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source_hash: "de621e6fcc71711ab737d83e6b9ca86ff1fcbc39e6adf47adf89431706c6fb21"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 656 (2024) — Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan.
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Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan. Prohibits a person from engaging in any land-disturbing activity until, where Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit coverage is required, the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) authority has obtained evidence of such permit coverage from the Department of Environmental Quality's online reporting system prior to issuing its land-disturbance approval. Current law requires the VESCP authority to obtain such evidence of VPDES permit coverage prior to approving an erosion and sediment control plan. This bill is identical to SB 365.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0104)
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2. **HB656ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB656ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102265D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB656)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Wiley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102265D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB656)
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- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB656ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB656ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26824249-cf68-4c25-9a24-714ea1a08e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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