republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-390.md

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Bill	Habitat Policy Oversight Committee; established, membership, powers and duties, report.	Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission's coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, establishes how the members of the Committee are appointed, and provides that the Committee shall have 11 voting members and two ex-officio members. This bill incorporates HB 619.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 390	Virginia HB 390 (2026)	bill		enacted	Alex Q. Askew	6	37	7	2026-01-12	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/10526e50-e330-4cc4-82c5-982928366858	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB390	f4dddad66b1f41092c84a93058596e3e41f312254e579bb460f0e203e61fc20a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 390 (2026) — Habitat Policy Oversight Committee; established, membership, powers and duties, report.

Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission's coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, establishes how the members of the Committee are appointed, and provides that the Committee shall have 11 voting members and two ex-officio members. This bill incorporates HB 619.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105033D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)
• 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
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106934D-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 (HB390)
• 2026-02-24 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-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 Committee substitute printed 26108483D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)
• 2026-03-03 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB390ER) passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10526e50-e330-4cc4-82c5-982928366858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).