Public beaches; sand dredging and beach replenishment. (SB946)

Introduced By

Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Sand replenishment for public beaches. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an expedited procedure for sand mining and beach replenishment on the public beaches abutting the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The bill requires the agencies to establish a working group, consisting of representatives from affected localities, to assist in the development of the expedited procedure. The working group is to consider a requirement that the application for the sand replenishment project permit include the submission of a mining plan by the locality for areas within the Chesapeake Bay from which the dredged material will be taken and the location of the beach replenishment project. The bill provides several types of information that such a plan would include, such as the analysis of benthic, marine, and fishery resources; impact on any historical artifacts; and impact on other uses of the state waters and bottomlands at the dredge site. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/07/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100680D
01/07/2013Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/10/2013Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/10/2013Committee substitute printed 13103789D-S1
01/14/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/15/2013Read second time
01/15/2013Reading of substitute waived
01/15/2013Committee substitute agreed to 13103789D-S1
01/15/2013Engrossed by Senate as amended SB946S1
01/16/2013Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB946S1)
01/21/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB946)
01/25/2013Placed on Calendar
01/25/2013Read first time
01/25/2013Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
02/06/2013Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2013Read second time
02/08/2013Read third time
02/08/2013Passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
02/08/2013VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/12/2013Enrolled
02/12/2013Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB946ER)
02/12/2013Signed by Speaker
02/13/2013Signed by President
02/18/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB946ER)
02/22/2013G Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/13)
02/22/2013G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1531.