ConserveVirginia program; established. (SB1290)

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Progress

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

Description

ConserveVirginia program; established. Establishes in the Department of Conservation and Recreation a data-driven Geographical Information Systems model to prioritize potential conservation areas across the Commonwealth that would provide quantifiable benefits to the citizens of Virginia, known as ConserveVirginia. Aspects of the program include (i) the synthesis of multiple mapped data inputs, divided into categories, each representing a different overarching conservation value, and periodic revision of such values; (ii) access to the model by the public and all state and federal agencies; and (iii) incorporation of the model into acquisition or grant decisions when appropriate. The bill requires the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to report on the success of the program and incorporate the program into needs assessments for expenditures from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund. Read the Bill »

Status

01/25/2021: Passed the Senate

History

Date	Action
01/12/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101901D
01/12/2021	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1290)
01/19/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/19/2021	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/19/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103330D-S1
01/21/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/22/2021	Read second time
01/22/2021	Reading of substitute waived
01/22/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103330D-S1
01/22/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1290S1
01/25/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1290S1)
01/25/2021	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)