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type: "Bill"
title: "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; consolidation of agricultural commitments."
description: "Impaired waters clean-up plan report; consolidation of the agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan annual report. Consolidates the report on the implementation of the Commonwealth's agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan into the impaired waters clean-up plan report submitted annually by the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 747"
citation: "Virginia HB 747 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733d505c-7139-4849-b884-68bc9ba99a22"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB747"
source_hash: "dcc8e57db827a03b5004a51abd07ac2d2b878f551a96a411488e77d8bb06f812"
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 747 (2026) — Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; consolidation of agricultural commitments.
Impaired waters clean-up plan report; consolidation of the agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan annual report. Consolidates the report on the implementation of the Commonwealth's agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan into the impaired waters clean-up plan report submitted annually by the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085730.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216837.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191173.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **370** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
- Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101706D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB747)
- **2026-01-30** Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB747ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB747)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 214 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/733d505c-7139-4849-b884-68bc9ba99a22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).