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type: "Bill"
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title: "Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects in low-income geographic areas, nature-based solutions."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 70"
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citation: "Virginia HB 70 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-12-31"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81741a95-7af1-4945-8765-415c1bd9bc30"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB70"
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source_hash: "ab82835ecf2ebb87583e2d44f70e6a7d8bae061c31af88168a256de228577bee"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 70 (2026) — Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects in low-income geographic areas, nature-based solutions.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082262.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128485.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216182.PDF)
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4. **Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100544.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208759.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **82–16** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **36–4** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103054D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB70)
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- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26106443D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB70)
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N 3-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB70)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81741a95-7af1-4945-8765-415c1bd9bc30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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