republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-70.md

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Bill	Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects in low-income geographic areas, nature-based solutions.	Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas and nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments. The bill allows the Virginia Resources Authority to contract with any person to serve as a program administrator to be approved by the Department to assist in the distribution of loans and grants to local governments. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 70	Virginia HB 70 (2026)	bill		enacted	Michael B. Feggans	5	32	6	2025-12-31	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/81741a95-7af1-4945-8765-415c1bd9bc30	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB70	ab82835ecf2ebb87583e2d44f70e6a7d8bae061c31af88168a256de228577bee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 70 (2026) — Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects in low-income geographic areas, nature-based solutions.

Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas and nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments. The bill allows the Virginia Resources Authority to contract with any person to serve as a program administrator to be approved by the Department to assist in the distribution of loans and grants to local governments. 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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 82–16 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 11–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103054D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB70)
• 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 (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26106443D-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 (82-Y 16-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 (HB70)
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N 3-A) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day Block Vote (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 Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER) passage
• 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB70)
• 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81741a95-7af1-4945-8765-415c1bd9bc30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).