republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1834.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund; administration by Marine Resource Commission."
description: "Marine Resources Commission; Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund. Transfers from the Virginia Port Authority to the Marine Resources Commission the administration of the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund and requires the Commission to utilize the existing Municipal Dredging Operating Program and Municipal Dredging Operating Agreement adopted by the Authority for the administration of the Municipal Dredge Pilot Program operated by the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority. The bill also requires the Commission to utilize the Fast-Track Permitting Program for Disposal of Dredged Material when applicable for dredged material disposal in its implementation of the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1834"
citation: "Virginia HB 1834 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert S. Bloxom, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bde8c2c4-d8b6-4c98-924c-a2e15e3909e5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1834"
source_hash: "615c6776dca193f8750ddcd22cd5068d3d8849375a2e9a1a4e7f475300fdd7c2"
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 HB 1834 (2025) — Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund; administration by Marine Resource Commission.

Marine Resources Commission; Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund. Transfers from the Virginia Port Authority to the Marine Resources Commission the administration of the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program and Fund and requires the Commission to utilize the existing Municipal Dredging Operating Program and Municipal Dredging Operating Agreement adopted by the Authority for the administration of the Municipal Dredge Pilot Program operated by the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority. The bill also requires the Commission to utilize the Fast-Track Permitting Program for Disposal of Dredged Material when applicable for dredged material disposal in its implementation of the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013275.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071154.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061114.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101281D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1834)
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1834ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1834)
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 78 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bde8c2c4-d8b6-4c98-924c-a2e15e3909e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).