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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees."
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description: "Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; mature trees. Adds (i) the preservation of mature trees or planting of trees, both as a water quality protection tool and as a means of providing other natural resource benefits, and (ii) coastal resilience and adaptation to sea-level rise and climate change to the list of activities that the State Water Control Board is directed to encourage and promote as it adopts criteria for local governments to use as they consider development in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 504"
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citation: "Virginia HB 504 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc7f3e0-ea43-4aa2-983b-ca389e151213"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB504"
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source_hash: "12ca782474a9a640032bfc923b2aa920a16c86a348d37b8166b4987a898e48cf"
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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 504 (2020) — Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.
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Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; mature trees. Adds (i) the preservation of mature trees or planting of trees, both as a water quality protection tool and as a means of providing other natural resource benefits, and (ii) coastal resilience and adaptation to sea-level rise and climate change to the list of activities that the State Water Control Board is directed to encourage and promote as it adopts criteria for local governments to use as they consider development in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1207)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1207)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB504ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB504ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB504E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB504E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB504)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB504)
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5. **Reenrolled bill text (HB504ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB504ER2)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) — **68–30** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (26-Y 10-N) — **26–10** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (54-Y 41-N) — **53–41** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102168D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB504)
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB504E
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- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20102168D-E
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB504E)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (26-Y 10-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB504ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2020-04-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 41-N)
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- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (54-Y 41-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (HB504ER2)
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- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1207 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`
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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/1fc7f3e0-ea43-4aa2-983b-ca389e151213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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