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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 HB 2000. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 857 | Virginia SB 857 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 857 (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 HB 2000.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (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 Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House with amendments (89-Y 6-N) — 89–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Timmy F. French — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103214D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB857)
- 2025-01-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-22 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-23 Reading of amendments waived
- 2025-01-23 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-01-23 Printed as engrossed 25103214D-E
- 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB857)
- 2025-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-17 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendments (89-Y 6-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-21 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB857ER)
passage - 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB857)
- 2025-02-21 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-24 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd761c08-a7f1-4ad5-9048-e30e199a9e91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).