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type: "Bill"
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title: "Riparian planting ground; assignment eligibility."
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description: "Authorizes the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission to assign to a land owner who is eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds only a planting ground that the Commissioner, in his discretion, deems appropriate to encompass as much as one-half acre of ground. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to consider assigning an area that the owner designates within his riparian waters and provides that the assignment shall not extend farther than the nearest edge of the channel or the middle of the body of water, whichever is the shorter distance. The bill removes a provision stating that the fee for such assignment shall be $1.50."
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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 1779"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1779 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert S. Bloxom, Jr."]
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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: "2018-12-26"
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last_action: "2019-02-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46ec0f38-12d3-423b-b315-d2a622fd3f92"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1779"
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source_hash: "9cca6ac54dd7ede2b52afd928a566480eab7b7be6e2a2dc0bc5c1ffcc352b853"
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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 1779 (2019) — Riparian planting ground; assignment eligibility.
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Authorizes the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission to assign to a land owner who is eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds only a planting ground that the Commissioner, in his discretion, deems appropriate to encompass as much as one-half acre of ground. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to consider assigning an area that the owner designates within his riparian waters and provides that the assignment shall not extend farther than the nearest edge of the channel or the middle of the body of water, whichever is the shorter distance. The bill removes a provision stating that the fee for such assignment shall be $1.50.
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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 (CHAP0152)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0152)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1779)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1779ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1779ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105174D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1779H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102022D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1779)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102022D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-26** 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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- **2019-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 19105174D-H1
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- **2019-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1779H1
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- **2019-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-30** 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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- **2019-02-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (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/46ec0f38-12d3-423b-b315-d2a622fd3f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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