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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc."
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description: "Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; policy task force; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to establish a policy task force to develop (i) strategies to protect existing tidal and nontidal wetlands and restore, create, and plan for the persistence of such wetlands in the Commonwealth and (ii) mechanisms to incorporate such strategies into appropriate plans, including the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill requires the task force to include certain relevant stakeholders, to meet at least two times annually, to report its initial findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by December 1, 2025, and to update its report at least every two years."
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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 2034"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2034 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd0df34c-1bc9-4696-a507-30f2c544879a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2034"
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source_hash: "9d5665fd257eb0fb8af001352b36066b3fe88f349be5f9a97e2241bf9a188df1"
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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 2034 (2025) — Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc.
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Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; policy task force; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to establish a policy task force to develop (i) strategies to protect existing tidal and nontidal wetlands and restore, create, and plan for the persistence of such wetlands in the Commonwealth and (ii) mechanisms to incorporate such strategies into appropriate plans, including the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill requires the task force to include certain relevant stakeholders, to meet at least two times annually, to report its initial findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by December 1, 2025, and to update its report at least every two years.
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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/1014508.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024257.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079087.PDF)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027258.PDF)
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5. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074414.PDF)
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6. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073616.HTML)
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7. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075066.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054874.PDF)
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## Votes
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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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, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (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 25102025D `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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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
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- **2025-01-27** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27** Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-27** Printed as engrossed 25102025D-E
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-29** 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 (15-Y 0-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 (36-Y 0-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 (HB2034ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
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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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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2034H2)
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2034ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 647 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)
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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/cd0df34c-1bc9-4696-a507-30f2c544879a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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