republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2000.md

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Bill	Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of DCR, rights and requirements of dam owners, civil penalty.	Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance; Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of the Department of Conservation and Recreation; rights and requirements of dam owners; civil penalty. Amends various provisions of the Dam Safety Act to streamline the Department of Conservation and Recreation's enforcement powers for impounding structures under the Act and clarifies the Department's powers and duties during an active dam failure. The bill also makes changes to a dam owner's responsibilities under the Act, including adding requirements to obtain a general permit for a low hazard impounding structure, making a dam owner responsible for ensuring that his impounding structure that presents an imminent danger has a safety inspection performed as provided in the bill, and allowing a dam owner to identify the dam break inundation zone of his impounding structure by providing the limits of the dam break inundation zone in lieu of filing a map. The bill also changes certain criteria for applicants to receive funds from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, including the project match requirements for grants or loans. Finally, the bill repeals the provisions providing civil penalties for violating the provisions of the Act and makes technical amendments related to such repeal. This bill is identical to SB 857.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2000	Virginia HB 2000 (2025)	bill		enacted	Amy J. Laufer	5	37	10	2025-01-07	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/08f7762a-2351-460b-b031-d834fde20a33	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2000	35eb059237470695041f148e455532c5958beadecc1e69571de7ccb70a4a484b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2000 (2025) — Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of DCR, rights and requirements of dam owners, civil penalty.

Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance; Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of the Department of Conservation and Recreation; rights and requirements of dam owners; civil penalty. Amends various provisions of the Dam Safety Act to streamline the Department of Conservation and Recreation's enforcement powers for impounding structures under the Act and clarifies the Department's powers and duties during an active dam failure. The bill also makes changes to a dam owner's responsibilities under the Act, including adding requirements to obtain a general permit for a low hazard impounding structure, making a dam owner responsible for ensuring that his impounding structure that presents an imminent danger has a safety inspection performed as provided in the bill, and allowing a dam owner to identify the dam break inundation zone of his impounding structure by providing the limits of the dam break inundation zone in lieu of filing a map. The bill also changes certain criteria for applicants to receive funds from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, including the project match requirements for grants or loans. Finally, the bill repeals the provisions providing civil penalties for violating the provisions of the Act and makes technical amendments related to such repeal. This bill is identical to SB 857.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) — 87–11 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (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 with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Amy J. Laufer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101586D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2000)
• 2025-01-17 Impact statement from CLG (HB2000)
• 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-23 Impact statement from CLG (HB2000)
• 2025-01-29 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-29 Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25101586D-E
• 2025-02-03 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2025-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2000)
• 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-05 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
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-19 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-19 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-20 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-20 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2000ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 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
• 2025-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2000)
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 228 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08f7762a-2351-460b-b031-d834fde20a33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).