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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dams; prohibited vegetation, certain wetland vegetation allowed."
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description: "Exempts wetland vegetation growing on certain regulated impounding structures from the requirement that all vegetation be removed from such dams. The bill exempts vegetation associated with a wetland mitigation bank or in-lieu fee site that has regulatory approval and is the subject of a recorded, permanent instrument protecting the vegetation from removal. The bill allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to require the dam owner to remove trees by flush cutting unless the Department determines on the basis of site-specific information that the grubbing of roots is necessary to protect the integrity of the dam."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1715"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1715 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-12-15"
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last_action: "2019-02-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d37501e-5ad0-4822-9d9b-2917652a73d2"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1715"
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source_hash: "73c6060fe2591218b47e2b82154cf66eaadf9b90f7591395cda6a37e8127e937"
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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 1715 (2019) — Dams; prohibited vegetation, certain wetland vegetation allowed.
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Exempts wetland vegetation growing on certain regulated impounding structures from the requirement that all vegetation be removed from such dams. The bill exempts vegetation associated with a wetland mitigation bank or in-lieu fee site that has regulatory approval and is the subject of a recorded, permanent instrument protecting the vegetation from removal. The bill allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to require the dam owner to remove trees by flush cutting unless the Department determines on the basis of site-specific information that the grubbing of roots is necessary to protect the integrity of the dam.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0148)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1715)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1715ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1715ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104995D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1715H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101371D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1715)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101371D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-09** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 19104995D-H1
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- **2019-01-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1715H1
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- **2019-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/2d37501e-5ad0-4822-9d9b-2917652a73d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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