HB2034
Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Governor's recommendation adopted
Chief Patron:
Shelly Simonds (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; policy task force; report.
Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to establish a policy task force to develop (i) strategies to protect existing tidal and nontidal wetlands and restore, create, and plan for the persistence of such wetlands in the Commonwealth and (ii) mechanisms to incorporate such strategies into appropriate plans, including ... (More) the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill requires the task force to include certain relevant stakeholders, to meet at least two times annually, to report its initial findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by December 1, 2025, and to update its report at least every two years. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102025D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/2025 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/15/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
- 01/17/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/20/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
- 01/27/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/27/2025 - House: Printed as engrossed 25102025D-E
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2034ER)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2034)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's substitute printed (HB2034H2)
- 04/02/2025 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's recommendation adopted
