republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-365.md

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Bill	Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan.	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 HB 656.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 365	Virginia SB 365 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	3	24	5	2024-01-09	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/1fafa422-4306-4df1-a5b3-4d10289df63d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB365	526e1f33c5d9b32aff8de61fb18aff5e68150cca501c2d6e31160e5c03e88abc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 365 (2024) — Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan.

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 HB 656.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0005 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102266D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB365ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N 2-A) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102266D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-19 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB365)
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-19 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB365ER) passage
• 2024-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB365ER)
• 2024-02-24 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1fafa422-4306-4df1-a5b3-4d10289df63d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).