Virginia House Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removal credits. Provides the Department of Environmental Quality the authority to allow applicants for permits with stream mitigation requirements to satisfy all or part of the requirements through dam removal credits generated in the same or adjacent stream or watershed basin. A dam removal credit is defined in the bill as a credit generated through the removal of a significant obstruction, which is also defined in the bill. The bill includes certain requirements with which the applicant must comply in order to use dam removal credits from an adjacent river watershed.

Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removal credits.

Del. David Bulova [D]

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

2022-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2022-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101134D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	44.15:23	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB479
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB479+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105644D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB479F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0102V0015+HB0479