Recurrent flooding; joint subcommittee established to formulate recommendations to address. (HJ16)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patrons Del. Rob Krupicka (D-Alexandria), and Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
Description
Study; recurrent flooding; report. Establishes a 15-member joint subcommittee to formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding. The joint subcommittee is charged with recommending short- and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of recurrent flooding. Its report is to be submitted by November 1, 2015. Read the Bill »
Status
02/25/2014: Passed the Senate
History
Date | Action |
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12/10/2013 | Committee |
12/10/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100502D |
12/10/2013 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
01/28/2014 | Assigned Rules sub: Studies |
01/30/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N) |
01/31/2014 | Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104689D-H1 |
02/05/2014 | Taken up |
02/05/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104689D-H1 |
02/05/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ16H1 |
02/05/2014 | Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) |
02/05/2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE ADOPTION (92-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2014 | Reading waived |
02/06/2014 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
02/21/2014 | Reported from Rules with substitute |
02/21/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14105147D-S1 |
02/24/2014 | Reading waived (37-Y 0-N 2-A) |
02/25/2014 | Read third time |
02/25/2014 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/25/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14105147D-S1 |
02/25/2014 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HJ16S1 |
02/25/2014 | Agreed to by Senate with substitute by voice vote |
02/26/2014 | Placed on Calendar |
02/27/2014 | Senate substitute rejected by House 14105147D-S1 (1-Y 96-N) |
02/27/2014 | VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) (see vote tally) |
03/03/2014 | Senate insisted on substitute |
03/03/2014 | Senate requested conference committee |
03/04/2014 | House acceded to request |
03/05/2014 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/05/2014 | Delegates: Stolle, Knight, Hester |
03/05/2014 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
03/05/2014 | Senators: Locke, Lucas, Norment |
03/07/2014 | C Amended by conference committee |
03/07/2014 | Conference substitute printed 14105586D-H2 |
03/07/2014 | Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2014 | VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2014 | Rules suspended (35-Y 4-N) |
03/07/2014 | Conference report agreed to by Senate |
03/07/2014 | Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2014 | Passed by temporarily |
03/07/2014 | Passed by for the day |
03/08/2014 | Conference report agreed to by Senate |
03/08/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ16ER) |
Map
This bill mentions Hampton, Virginia's Eastern Shore, Nelson, Tidewater.
Comments
Note that "recurrent flooding" here is a euphemism for sea level increase. Del. Chris Stolle, the patron of this bill, told the Virginian Pilot last year that "'sea level rise' is a 'left-wing term'," and that a bill dealing with sea level increases wouldn't pass the legislature. The far-right believes that sea levels are not increasing, despite that they're—y'know—increasing. So by rebranding the study as "recurrent flooding" instead of "sea level increase," the 2012 bill authorizing the study passed without difficulty, as this one is likely to, also.
It doesn't appear that the euphemism affects the nature of the research at all.