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| Bill | Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan; identifying areas where marshes may migrate in face of sea rise. | Department of Conservation and Recreation; Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation, when updating the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to identify areas where marshes may migrate in the face of sea level rise. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 237 | Virginia HB 237 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 237 (2026) — Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan; identifying areas where marshes may migrate in face of sea rise.
Department of Conservation and Recreation; Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation, when updating the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to identify areas where marshes may migrate in the face of sea level rise.
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
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102974D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-28 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 26106447D-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 - 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB237)
- 2026-03-03 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-09 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-09 Passed Senate with amendment
passage - 2026-03-10 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB237ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB237)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 915 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea559023-9b40-4db4-91ec-9baff7e647e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).