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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry."
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description: "Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry. Removes the restriction on localities that operate regulated municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) to only enter on those properties from which a discharge enters their MS4 and allows such localities to, at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations necessary in the enforcement of the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program. However, the bill restricts operators of an MS4 that are not a locality, or any duly authorized agent thereof, to only enter on those properties from which a discharge enters their MS4. This bill is identical to SB 1093."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2008"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2008 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/143bb473-c38d-43c6-b296-0751adab7872"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2008"
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source_hash: "c015aeaf247d59447a9ec9f394343587fadb239dbf0d505c6b67f46ca7700d68"
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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 2008 (2025) — Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry.
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Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry. Removes the restriction on localities that operate regulated municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) to only enter on those properties from which a discharge enters their MS4 and allows such localities to, at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations necessary in the enforcement of the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program. However, the bill restricts operators of an MS4 that are not a locality, or any duly authorized agent thereof, to only enter on those properties from which a discharge enters their MS4. This bill is identical to SB 1093.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014380.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079979.PDF)
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3. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073477.HTML)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054853.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
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- House rejected Governor's recommendation (14-Y 80-N) — **14–80** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 6-N) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House 95-Y 4-N 0-A) — **95–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104290D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2008)
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House 95-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2008ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2008)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House rejected Governor's recommendation (14-Y 80-N) `veto-override-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)
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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/143bb473-c38d-43c6-b296-0751adab7872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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