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2020 SESSION

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HB 504 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; mature trees. Adds (i) the preservation of mature trees or planting of trees, both as a water quality protection tool and as a means of providing other natural resource benefits, and (ii) coastal resilience and adaptation to sea-level rise and climate change to the list of activities that the State Water Control Board is directed to encourage and promote as it adopts criteria for local governments to use as they consider development in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

FULL TEXT

• 01/03/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102168D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/27/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20102168D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB504ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB504ER2)  pdf
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1207)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/03/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102168D
• 01/03/20  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/14/20  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
• 01/20/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
• 01/22/20  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (19-Y 3-N)
• 01/24/20  House: Read first time
• 01/27/20  House: Read second time
• 01/27/20  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/27/20  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB504E
• 01/27/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20102168D-E
• 01/28/20  House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N)
• 01/28/20  House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-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 (10-Y 5-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 (26-Y 10-N)
• 02/26/20  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB504ER)
• 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  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/22/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/22/20  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 41-N)
• 04/22/20  House: VOTE: (54-Y 41-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB504ER2)
• 04/22/20  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Enacted, Chapter 1207 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1207)