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- HB 1739 State parks; discounted rental and service fees, military and veterans.
- HB 1744 Animal care; zoos and petting zoos, seizure of animals.
- HB 1750 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established, report.
- HB 1751 Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia.
- HB 1760 Conservation easements; certain easements be liberally construed in favor of purpose which created.
- HB 1766 Disabled Veteran's Passport; expands program to all veterans with service-connected disability.
- HB 1767 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Powhatan County.
- HB 1799 Sunday hunting; allowed on public lands.
- HB 1804 State parks; DCR to develop recommendations for funding, report.
- HB 1819 Rappahannock River; designating a 79-mile portion as a component of Va. Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1833 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; leasing of land.
- HB 1836 Natural Resources, Secretary of; changes name to the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources.
- HB 1837 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership.
- HB 1839 Special hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans; 50 percent disabled.
- HB 1855 Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.
- HB 1902 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition, civil penalty.
- HB 1928 Historic resources; acquisition and lease of land.
- HB 1958 South River; designates segment in City of Waynesboro as part of Va. Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1965 State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program.
- HB 1982 Nutrient credits; use by facility with certain stormwater discharge permit.
- HB 1983 Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site.
- HB 2030 Neonicotinoid pesticides; application in residentially zoned outdoor areas, civil penalty.
- HB 2067 Solar facilities; permit by rule.
- HB 2068 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.
- HB 2074 Environmental justice; interagency working group.
- HB 2078 Industrial hemp; updates laws to address the new hemp producer license.
- HB 2083 Wake surfing; proximity to certain structures or other persons.
- HB 2109 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; expands membership.
- HB 2126 State parks; lifetime senior parking pass.
- HB 2129 Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Imp. Plan; Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Prog. established.
- HB 2148 Small renewable energy projects; energy storage.
- HB 2159 Balloons; release of nonbiodegradable balloons outdoors prohibited, civil penalty.
- HB 2173 Advanced recycling, etc.; definitions.
- HB 2187 Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, Commonwealth Center; study topics to manage water quality, etc.
- HB 2188 Engineered septic systems; Department of Health, et al., to initiate a 3-yr. pilot program to study.
- HB 2203 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.
- HB 2221 Environmental permits; community and environmental justice outreach, new permit applications.
- HB 2275 Food and drink permit; Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to issue.
- HB 2298 Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; clarifies definitions.
- HB 2302 Farmers market food and beverage products; sales considered essential during state of emergency.
- HB 2311 Objects of antiquity; unlawful to remove from battlefield, penalty.
- SB 1115 Industrial hemp; increases maximum THC concentration.
- SB 1135 Dangerous dogs; restructures procedure for adjudication, penalty.
- SB 1143 Wetlands; extension of certain permits through 2021.
- SB 1161 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership.
- SB 1164 Advanced recycling; not considered solid waste management, definitions.
- SB 1188 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created, guidelines, etc.
- SB 1193 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established, effective clause.
- SB 1194 Produce safety; removes the sunset date.
- SB 1199 Conservation easements; construction.
- SB 1210 Permit fee schedules; DEQ to revise current schedule for nonhazardous solid waste mgmt. facilities.
- SB 1258 Solar projects; erosion and sediment control.
- SB 1265 Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders.
- SB 1274 Wildlife corridors; various agencies to consider and incorporate.
- SB 1280 Dams; negotiated settlement agreements.
- SB 1282 Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations.
- SB 1290 ConserveVirginia program; established.
- SB 1291 Va. Water Protection Permit; withdrawal of surface water or ground water, plans for water auditing.
- SB 1311 Water quality standards; modification of permits and certifications.
- SB 1319 Waste Diversion & Recycling Task Force; Department of Environmental Quality to continue Task Force.
- SB 1354 Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established.
- SB 1374 Carbon Sequestration Task Force; established.
- SB 1390 Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs, civil penalty.
- SB 1393 Trees; replacement and conservation during development.
- SB 1396 Onsite Sewage Indemnification Fund; use of Fund for grants to certain property owners.
- SB 1402 Trout fishing in stocked waters; equalizes for residents and nonresidents requirements to fish.
- SB 1404 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; grants awarded for projects related to Chesapeake Bay.
- SB 1411 Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia.
- SB 1412 Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse, penalty.
- SB 1417 Healthcare Regulatory Sandbox Program; established, report, sunset date.
- SB 1453 Mines and Mining and Virginia Energy Plan; revision of Titles 45.1 and 67.