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type: "Bill"
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title: "Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan."
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description: "Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan. Prohibits a person from engaging in any land-disturbing activity until, where Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit coverage is required, the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) authority has obtained evidence of such permit coverage from the Department of Environmental Quality's online reporting system prior to issuing its land-disturbance approval. Current law requires the VESCP authority to obtain such evidence of VPDES permit coverage prior to approving an erosion and sediment control plan. This bill is identical to HB 656."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 365"
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citation: "Virginia SB 365 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fafa422-4306-4df1-a5b3-4d10289df63d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB365"
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source_hash: "526e1f33c5d9b32aff8de61fb18aff5e68150cca501c2d6e31160e5c03e88abc"
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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 SB 365 (2024) — Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan.
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Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan. Prohibits a person from engaging in any land-disturbing activity until, where Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit coverage is required, the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) authority has obtained evidence of such permit coverage from the Department of Environmental Quality's online reporting system prior to issuing its land-disturbance approval. Current law requires the VESCP authority to obtain such evidence of VPDES permit coverage prior to approving an erosion and sediment control plan. This bill is identical to HB 656.
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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. **CHAP0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0005)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102266D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB365)
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3. **SB365ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB365ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N 2-A) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102266D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB365)
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB365ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB365ER)
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- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)
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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/1fafa422-4306-4df1-a5b3-4d10289df63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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