Virginia House Bill 1949

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-06 - Committee Referral Pending
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Coastal storm risk management; Office of Commonwealth Resilience to study costs of feasibility studies; report. Directs the Office of Commonwealth Resilience to conduct a study to (i) examine the methodologies and criteria, if any, that other states in the United States use to apportion responsibility between the state and the participating localities for that portion of the cost of coastal storm risk management (CSRM) feasibility studies and plan implementation for which the nonfederal sponsor is responsible and (ii) develop a recommended methodology and associated criteria for apportioning responsibility of the same for CSRM feasibility studies and plan implementation in Virginia. The bill directs the Office of Commonwealth Resilience to complete its work no later than November 30, 2026, and the Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth to submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the study to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2026.

Coastal storm risk management; Office of Commonwealth Resilience to study costs of feasibility studies; report.

Del. Phil Hernandez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-06	House	Committee Referral Pending
2025-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103673D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1949
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1949/text/HB1949