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HB 5 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
Introduced by: James W. Morefield | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Clinch State Scenic River. Designates a 66.8-mile segment of the Clinch River in Tazewell and Russell Counties as part of the Clinch State Scenic River, a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. The bill provides that nothing shall preclude the continued operation and maintenance of existing dams in the designated section of river. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to SB 478.
FULL TEXT
- 11/18/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100399D pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106411D-H1 pdf
- 01/27/20 House: Floor substitute printed 20106779D-H2 (Morefield) pdf
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5ER) pdf
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306) pdf
HISTORY
- 11/18/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100399D
- 11/18/19 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/20 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/22/20 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 01/22/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106411D-H1
- 01/24/20 House: Read first time
- 01/27/20 House: Floor substitute printed 20106779D-H2 (Morefield)
- 01/27/20 House: Read second time
- 01/27/20 House: Committee substitute rejected 20106411D-H1
- 01/27/20 House: Substitute by Delegate Morefield agreed to 20106779D-H2
- 01/27/20 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB5H2
- 01/28/20 House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 11-N)
- 01/28/20 House: VOTE: Passage (85-Y 11-N)
- 01/29/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/20 Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 03/05/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 306 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306)