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| Bill | Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; assessment for violations, etc., civil penalties. | Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties. Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill increases from $1,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty that a locality authorized to administer a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program is able to collect for any one violation of certain regulations, orders, ordinances, program provisions, conditions of land-disturbance approvals, and provisions of state law. The bill also provides, however, that for a land-disturbing activity that (i) disturbs an area measuring at least 10,000 square feet but less than one acre in an area not designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area and (ii) is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that disturbs one or more acres of land, the civil penalty shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation, and a series of violations arising from the same set of facts shall not exceed $50,000. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1350 | Virginia HB 1350 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1350 (2026) — Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; assessment for violations, etc., civil penalties.
Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties. Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill increases from $1,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty that a locality authorized to administer a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program is able to collect for any one violation of certain regulations, orders, ordinances, program provisions, conditions of land-disturbance approvals, and provisions of state law. The bill also provides, however, that for a land-disturbing activity that (i) disturbs an area measuring at least 10,000 square feet but less than one acre in an area not designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area and (ii) is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that disturbs one or more acres of land, the civil penalty shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation, and a series of violations arising from the same set of facts shall not exceed $50,000.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 10–4 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 26104659D
introduction - 2026-01-19 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26106778D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1350ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350)
- 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1ed30a3-7a15-4ed8-85d7-b346ff0823b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).