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Bill Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc. Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; policy task force; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to establish a policy task force to develop (i) strategies to protect existing tidal and nontidal wetlands and restore, create, and plan for the persistence of such wetlands in the Commonwealth and (ii) mechanisms to incorporate such strategies into appropriate plans, including the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill requires the task force to include certain relevant stakeholders, to meet at least two times annually, to report its initial findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by December 1, 2025, and to update its report at least every two years. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2034 Virginia HB 2034 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2034 (2025) — Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc.

Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; policy task force; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to establish a policy task force to develop (i) strategies to protect existing tidal and nontidal wetlands and restore, create, and plan for the persistence of such wetlands in the Commonwealth and (ii) mechanisms to incorporate such strategies into appropriate plans, including the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill requires the task force to include certain relevant stakeholders, to meet at least two times annually, to report its initial findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by December 1, 2025, and to update its report at least every two years.

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. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  7. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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 (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) — 80–18 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102025D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
  • 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-22 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
  • 2025-01-27 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-27 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-01-27 Printed as engrossed 25102025D-E
  • 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) passage, reading-3
  • 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 (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2034ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB2034H2)
  • 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB2034ER2) enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 647 (Effective 07/01/25) became-law
  • 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd0df34c-1bc9-4696-a507-30f2c544879a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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