Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; changes contingency for effective date. (HB1485)
Introduced By
Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall) with support from co-patrons Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), and Sen. John McGuire (R-Glen Allen)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; effective date. Changes the contingency for the effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan to allow consideration of a combination of point or nonpoint source pollution reduction commitments other than agricultural best management conservation practices when determining whether the Commonwealth's commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan have been satisfied. The bill advances from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028, the contingency effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan and requires the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to convene a stakeholder advisory group to review annual progress and make recommendations toward the implementation of the Commonwealth's agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. The group is required to submit its first annual report by July 1, 2024, and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Forestry and Natural and Historic Resources are required to jointly review such report by July 1, 2025. The bill also requires soil and water conservation districts to report to the Department of Conservation and Recreation recommendations for improving the disbursement of funding and for program efficiencies that would expedite disbursal of funds provided through the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund and prohibits certain regulatory actions from being imposed on agricultural practices prior to July 1, 2028, provided that reasonable progress is being achieved and a detailed plan has been developed for reaching the needed number of voluntary incentivized practices. This bill is identical to SB 1129. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/01/2023 | Committee |
01/01/2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101756D |
01/01/2023 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/13/2023 | Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake |
01/16/2023 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
01/16/2023 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) |
01/16/2023 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
01/18/2023 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
01/18/2023 | Committee substitute printed 23104627D-H1 |
01/20/2023 | Read first time |
01/23/2023 | Read second time |
01/23/2023 | Committee substitute agreed to 23104627D-H1 |
01/23/2023 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1485H1 |
01/24/2023 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) |
01/24/2023 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (see vote tally) |
01/25/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/25/2023 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
02/06/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1485H1) |
02/14/2023 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2023 | Committee substitute printed 23106934D-S1 |
02/16/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2023 | Read third time |
02/17/2023 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/17/2023 | Committee substitute agreed to 23106934D-S1 |
02/17/2023 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1485S1 |
02/17/2023 | Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1485S1) |
02/21/2023 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106934D-S1 (73-Y 24-N) |
02/21/2023 | VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 24-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2023 | Enrolled |
02/24/2023 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1485ER) |
02/24/2023 | Signed by Speaker |
02/25/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1485ER) |
02/25/2023 | Signed by President |
03/02/2023 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 |
03/02/2023 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
03/27/2023 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/23) |
03/27/2023 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735) |