republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-516.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan."
description: "Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 551."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 516"
citation: "Virginia HB 516 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cdc5b46-924f-4f31-9aed-5e127634a894"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB516"
source_hash: "398ec2b0dfc0658dd8cdc7db3fd0e0ffcd071774405bb2faf5e87cde02d4833a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 516 (2022) — Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.

Flood resiliency and protection. Implements recommendations from the first Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The bill provides guidelines for the development of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan for the Commonwealth and requires that the Coastal Resilience Master Plan be updated by December 31, 2022, and every five years thereafter. The bill establishes the Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee to assist with the updates and requires the development of a community outreach and engagement plan to ensure meaningful involvement by affected and vulnerable community residents. The bill also requires that the Chief Resilience Officer report every two years, beginning July 1, 2023, on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 551.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0494)
2. **HB516ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB516ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103091D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB516)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103091D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB516E)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103091D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB516)
- **2022-02-04** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-07** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB516E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22103091D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB516E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB516ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 494 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cdc5b46-924f-4f31-9aed-5e127634a894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).