republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-52.md

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Bill	Marine Resources Commission; beneficial use of dredged material.	Marine Resources Commission; beneficial use of dredged material. Provides that, beginning December 1, 2027, it is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote the beneficial use of dredged material, as defined in the bill, and that the Marine Resources Commission shall require the beneficial use of dredged material for all permits involving dredged material unless such approaches are not suitable based on criteria developed by the Commission. The bill also adds the sites of projects that are consistent with the beneficial use of dredged material to the sites that are given priority consideration for the disposal of that portion of dredged material determined to be suitable for such use by the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. The bill directs the Commission to establish a work group to assist in the development of any regulations or guidance to implement the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 52	Virginia HB 52 (2026)	bill		enacted	Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.	5	31	7	2025-12-29	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3f56a980-115b-4749-9bf6-d5a79b67c7bb	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB52	204b693b318908ca4e6a57987a48d644c31878e2125cba14940b324db58d6dcc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 52 (2026) — Marine Resources Commission; beneficial use of dredged material.

Marine Resources Commission; beneficial use of dredged material. Provides that, beginning December 1, 2027, it is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote the beneficial use of dredged material, as defined in the bill, and that the Marine Resources Commission shall require the beneficial use of dredged material for all permits involving dredged material unless such approaches are not suitable based on criteria developed by the Commission. The bill also adds the sites of projects that are consistent with the beneficial use of dredged material to the sites that are given priority consideration for the disposal of that portion of dredged material determined to be suitable for such use by the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. The bill directs the Commission to establish a work group to assist in the development of any regulations or guidance to implement the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.

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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Chesapeake Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102052D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-29 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 (HB52)
• 2026-01-26 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB52)
• 2026-02-24 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB52ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB52)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 908 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f56a980-115b-4749-9bf6-d5a79b67c7bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).