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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marine Resources Commission; powers and duties, impacts on wetlands, report."
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description: "Marine Resources Commission; powers and duties; wetlands; work group; report. Requires the Marine Resources Commission to ensure that, in promulgating minimum standards for protection and conservation of wetlands, no net loss of existing wetland acreage and functions is achieved. The bill requires permits for the use and development of wetlands to contain requirements for compensating impacts on wetlands sufficient to achieve no net loss of existing wetland acreage and functions. The bill also directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to convene a stakeholder work group to address mitigation requirements for tidal nonvegetated wetlands and directs the work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2027."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 521"
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citation: "Virginia HB 521 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b05b55c-d150-4d45-858c-f2023050f2ac"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB521"
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source_hash: "7afca31e1dd2189b311179f9ea712ce7dd5cadf5ba7d09efe2f9872524902977"
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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 521 (2026) — Marine Resources Commission; powers and duties, impacts on wetlands, report.
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Marine Resources Commission; powers and duties; wetlands; work group; report. Requires the Marine Resources Commission to ensure that, in promulgating minimum standards for protection and conservation of wetlands, no net loss of existing wetland acreage and functions is achieved. The bill requires permits for the use and development of wetlands to contain requirements for compensating impacts on wetlands sufficient to achieve no net loss of existing wetland acreage and functions. The bill also directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to convene a stakeholder work group to address mitigation requirements for tidal nonvegetated wetlands and directs the work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2027.
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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/1084790.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100570.HTML)
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3. **Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182526.PDF)
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4. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216917.PDF)
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5. **Chesapeake Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097186.HTML)
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6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100717.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199340.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **74–24** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **70–25** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102424D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB521)
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- **2026-01-26** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB521)
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Committee substitute printed 26108480D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB521)
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- **2026-03-02** Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House (70-Y 25-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB521ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB521)
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161)
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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/8b05b55c-d150-4d45-858c-f2023050f2ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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