republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-517.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chief Resilience Officer; clarifies designation and role."
description: "Chief Resilience Officer. Clarifies the designation and role of the Chief Resilience Officer by moving the position from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and adding provisions related to the role of the Chief Resilience Officer in creating and overseeing the implementation of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and a Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. Under current law, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources is designated the Chief Resilience Officer. This bill is a Chesapeake Bay Commission initiative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "Virginia HB 517 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03a93971-ac3f-402e-a68a-c374bc61f44a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB517"
source_hash: "f2df2ab30eb2f05dfb44b6117df128b4193b0eba70c506dbcbfdb6b67afb4336"
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 517 (2022) — Chief Resilience Officer; clarifies designation and role.

Chief Resilience Officer. Clarifies the designation and role of the Chief Resilience Officer by moving the position from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and adding provisions related to the role of the Chief Resilience Officer in creating and overseeing the implementation of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and a Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. Under current law, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources is designated the Chief Resilience Officer. This bill is a Chesapeake Bay Commission initiative.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0786** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0786)
2. **HB517ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB517ER)
3. **HB517ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB517ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103791D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB517)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103791D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-29** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB517)
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Committee amendment rejected
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB517ER)
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Motion to pass by Governor's recommendation #2 agreed to
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB517ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
- **2022-04-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 786 (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/03a93971-ac3f-402e-a68a-c374bc61f44a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).