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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wetlands; impact, permit requirements for compensation."
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description: "Requires the State Water Control Board to evaluate Virginia Water Protection Permits mitigation options for impacts to wetlands on a case-by-case basis with consideration for which option is practicable and ecologically and environmentally preferable, including, in terms of replacement of acreage and functions, which option has the greatest likelihood of success and avoidance of temporal loss of acreage and function."
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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 2403"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2403 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2748dd1a-566a-47d3-80e4-ccd433af980f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2403"
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source_hash: "294e7007bf871287abefbb5d0bb8f6f6fc0458b129012313343effbeb8d3bf77"
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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 2403 (2019) — Wetlands; impact, permit requirements for compensation.
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Requires the State Water Control Board to evaluate Virginia Water Protection Permits mitigation options for impacts to wetlands on a case-by-case basis with consideration for which option is practicable and ecologically and environmentally preferable, including, in terms of replacement of acreage and functions, which option has the greatest likelihood of success and avoidance of temporal loss of acreage and function.
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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 (CHAP0545)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0545)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2403AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2403)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2403ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2403ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102108D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2403)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102108D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2403E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- M. Keith Hodges — 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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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102108D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2403E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19102108D-E
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (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/2748dd1a-566a-47d3-80e4-ccd433af980f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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