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2023 SESSION
Chair: J. Chapman Petersen
Clerk: Michael Jackson, Claire Dunn
Staff: Nathan Smith
Date of Meeting: February 14, 2023
Time and Place: :30 min after adj. - Senate Committee Room A / Pocahontas
Patron: Wilt
State Air Pollution Control Board; motor vehicle emissions standards. Repeals the requirement that the State Air Pollution Control Board implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. The bill prohibits the Board from adopting or enforcing any model year standards related to control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including low-emission vehicle and zero-emission vehicle standards pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act and prohibits the Commonwealth from requiring any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine to be certified as compliant with model year standards related to the control of emissions adopted by California for which a waiver has been granted pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-1307 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 10.1-1307.05 of the Code of Virginia and the second through fifth enactments of Chapter 263 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, relating to the State Air Pollution Control Board; motor vehicle emissions standards.23100526D
Patron: Webert
Virginia Breeders Fund; disbursements to certain breeders and owners of horses. Provides that the Virginia Breeders Fund shall disburse amounts to breeders of Virginia-bred horses and to the owners of Virginia sires of Virginia-bred horses that finish first, second, or third in races at designated race meetings. Under current law, the disbursements only go to the winners of such races.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-372 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Breeders Fund; disbursements to certain breeders and owners of horses.23101067D
Patron: Webert
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; effective date. Changes the contingency for the effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan to (i) allow consideration of a combination of point or nonpoint source pollution reduction efforts other than agricultural best management conservation practices when determining whether the Commonwealth's agriculture sector commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan have been satisfied and (ii) bar such provisions from becoming effective unless the Commonwealth has fully funded the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund as provided in the bill. The bill also advances from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2030, the contingency effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan (the Plan). The bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to convene a stakeholder advisory group to review annual progress and make certain recommendations toward the implantation of the Commonwealth's agricultural commitments in the Plan. The bill directs each soil and water conservation district to report to the Department any recommendations for improving the disbursement of funds from the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund and program efficiencies that would expedite the disbursal of such funds. Finally, the bill prohibits any regulatory action to be imposed on agricultural practices before the effective date of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.119:1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3.8 of Title 62.1 sections numbered 62.1-44.119:2, 62.1-44.119:3, and 62.1-44.119:4, relating to Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; effective date.23104627D
Patron: Wachsmann
Rabid animals; quarantine; access by the local health director or designee. Requires any person who confines a dog or cat for active signs of rabies or suspected rabies, and any person who confines any other suspected rabid animal that may have exposed a person, to allow the local health director or his designee access to the animal during its confinement.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-6522 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rabid animals; quarantine; access by Department of Health.23101693D
Patron: Wright
Reporting requirements; elimination. Eliminates the requirements that the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) report annually the results of the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee's examinations and related recommendations to the State Water Commission, the Governor, and the General Assembly. The bill also repeals existing requirements that the Department report annually on its pollution prevention activities and that the chairman of the Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee submit an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the committee.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-256.2 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal §§ 10.1-1425.17 and 62.1-69.35:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; Department of Environmental Quality; reports.23105367D
Patron: Coyner
Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; availability of credits; use of funds. Permits the Department of Environmental Quality to use the Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund for purposes other than the purchase of mitigation bank credits, as set out in the bill, if the Department makes a determination within two years after the collection of moneys for a specific impact that mitigation bank credits for such impact will not be available within three years. Currently, the Department can use such funds for other specified purposes if after three years no mitigation bank credits are available for purchase.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.15:23.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund; availability of credits; use of funds.23101605D
Patron: Wilt
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; Fund; sunset. Creates in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program Fund. The bill also removes the current expiration date of July 1, 2023, of the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-3304 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-3305.1, and to repeal § 3.2-3307 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program.23103760D
Patron: Edmunds
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Woodrow R. Jackson, Sr. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the grantee's property.
A BILL to authorize the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an ingress-egress easement at High Bridge Trail State Park.23101278D
Patron: Edmunds
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way at High Bridge Trail State Park to Roy B. Stanton, Jr., and Pearl J. Stanton. The easement, which will follow an existing driveway across a portion of the High Bridge Trail State Park, will allow ingress and egress from U.S. Highway 460 to the Stantons' property.
A BILL to authorize the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey an ingress-egress easement at High Bridge Trail State Park.23101280D
Patron: Hodges
Governor's Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Governor's' Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $250,000, shall be awarded as reimbursable grants to support blue catfish processing, flash freezing, and infrastructure projects. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop certain guidelines as provided in the bill on behalf of the Governor to facilitate the Program.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-304 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3.1 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-312, relating to Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program; created.23105060D
Patron: O'Quinn
Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; powers and duties; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality; report. Provides that the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority (the Authority) has the power and duty to (i) support energy development projects, including pump storage hydropower, energy storage, hydrogen production and uses, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, advanced wind and solar energy, and advanced reactors and advanced nuclear technologies; (ii) promote energy development projects on closed power plant sites, brownfield sites, former coal mine sites, reclaimed coal mine sites, abandoned mine sites lands, and lands adjacent thereto; (iii) promote energy workforce development and energy supply chain development, including the development of a manufacturing supply chain cluster for small modular reactors, advanced reactors, and advanced nuclear technologies; (iv) identify and work with, through mutually agreed collaborations, the Commonwealth’s research and development partners, in advancing efforts related to energy development in Southwest Virginia; and (v) promote the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane from active, inactive, and abandoned coal mines as a low-carbon intensity feedstock for manufacturing and energy generation projects located in Southwest Virginia.
The bill defines "energy development project" as any activity that generates, produces, or stores energy, any energy efficiency system, and any supporting ancillary activities located within Southwest Virginia and includes interests in land, improvements, and ancillary facilities and research, development, commercialization, and deployment activities designated by the Authority to the nonprofit collaborative. The bill defines "nonprofit collaborative" as a multi-site nonprofit innovative energy technology testbed established as a collaborative effort of the Department of Energy, the Authority, and the Authority's business partners to support the Authority’s purpose through energy technology research, development, commercialization, and deployment.
The bill requires the Department of Energy (the Department), in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Authority, to evaluate actions needed to further develop and encourage private sector initiatives to capture, process, compress, and transport coal mine methane to better meet the Commonwealth's energy supply and manufacturing needs and improve air quality. The bill requires the Department and the Department of Environmental Quality to collaborate with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on ways to coordinate the Commonwealth's efforts to further encourage the capture, processing, compression, and transport of coal mine methane with federal efforts, especially via the EPA's Coalbed Methane Outreach Program. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and any recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Commerce and Labor by November 1, 2023.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 45.2-1717 and 45.2-1720 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Southwest Virginia Energy and Research Development Authority; powers and duties; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality; report.23103720D
Patron: Bloxom
Tidal wetland mitigation bank credits. Authorizes certain entities to purchase or use credits from a tidal wetland mitigation bank located in an adjacent river watershed when such bank contains substantially the same plant community type and salinity regime as the impacted wetlands, which shall be the preferred form of compensation. The provisions of the bill apply only to tidal wetland mitigation banks in certain subbasins when a tidal wetland mitigation bank with substantially the same plant community type and salinity regime as the impacted wetlands is not available in the same river watershed as the impacted wetland.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 28.2-1308, 33.2-247, and 62.1-44.15:23 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tidal wetland mitigation bank credits.23103966D
Patron: Bloxom
Virginia Resources Authority; purpose; community development and housing projects. Adds community development projects related to the production and preservation of housing, including housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, to those projects that the Virginia Resources Authority may finance. The bill directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist the Authority with determining which local governments are to receive grants from the Authority for such projects.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 62.1-198, 62.1-199, 62.1-216, and 62.1-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Resources Authority; purpose; community development and housing projects.23105056D
Patron: Bloxom
State agency compliance with flood plain management regulations. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation, no later than September 30, 2023, and in cooperation with numerous Secretariats and the Special Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, to establish standards for development in a flood plain for all state agencies and departments. Such standards shall require at least compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program and shall require that any development undertaken by an agency or department on state-owned land located in a Special Flood Hazard Area be protected or flood-proofed against flooding and flood damage. The bill also requires any state agency or department, when developing a facility on state-owned property located in a flood plain, to either adhere to all flood plain management regulations or receive Department approval of compliance with the applicable state standard for development in a flood plain. Such agency or department shall document to the Department of General Services its compliance with the relevant standard. The bill allows the Department of General Services to issue a variance if no feasible alternative to developing a facility in the flood plain exists and if one of several other conditions provided in the bill is met.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-603 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state agency compliance with flood plain management regulations.23103942D
Patron: Torian
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way over Neabsco Beach Way at Leesylvania State Park to the River Mouth Corporation. The easement will allow ingress and egress from Daniel K. Ludwig Drive to the River Mouth Condominiums via Neabsco Beach Way.
A BILL to authorize the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement and right-of-way over Neabsco Beach Way at Leesylvania State Park.23101282D
Patron: Taylor
South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients. Directs the South Central Wastewater Authority (SCWWA) to submit a phased construction program to the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by August 1, 2023, which the Department shall approve by September 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. Such phased upgrade construction program for the SCWWA shall be completed as soon as possible on a schedule approved by the Department but no later than January 1, 2030. The bill requires the SCWWA to begin the initial phase of construction by December 31, 2023, or within 150 days of approval by the Department of the phased construction program, whichever is later. The bill requires the SCWWA to comply with certain requirements regarding its progress toward completing the phased construction program. The bill also directs the Department to amend certain water quality improvement agreements and the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the SCWWA wastewater treatment facility to conform to the provisions of the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients.23104753D
Patron: Wachsmann
Stormwater management and erosion and sediment control; agreement in lieu of plan; farm buildings; small construction activity. Includes farm buildings, any building or structure used for agritourism activity, and any related impervious surface, including roads, driveways, and parking areas, in the respective definitions of an agreement in lieu of a plan in the stormwater management and erosion and sediment control laws. Current laws define an agreement in lieu of a plan to cover only single-family residences. The bill also requires the State Water Control Board to establish by regulation a procedure by which a registration statement shall not be required for coverage under the General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities for a small construction activity, defined in the bill, involving a single-family detached residential structure.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 62.1-44.15:24 and 62.1-44.15:28, as they are currently effective and as they may become effective, 62.1-44.15:34, as it may become effective, and 62.1-44.15:51, 62.1-44.15:55, and 62.1-44.15:58, as they are currently effective and as they may become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to stormwater management; streamlining; federal conformity.23103198D
Patron: Runion
Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity. Requires the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (the Department) to issue a reciprocal license for waterworks and wastewater works operators licensed in another state as fulfillment of qualifications for licensure in the Commonwealth. The bill specifies required conditions to be met by individual applicants seeking a reciprocal license. This bill requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing procedure by which the Department shall grant licenses within 30 days of the date of application. The bill directs the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia, relating to waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity.23105619D
Patron: Hodges
Loans to local governments; repair or upgrade to onsite sewage systems. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to provide loans from the Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund to a local government for the purpose of correcting onsite sewage disposal problems (small water facility projects) to protect or improve water quality and prevent the pollution of state waters. The bill allows loan funding for repairs or upgrades to onsite sewage systems that are owned by eligible businesses, defined in the bill, where public health or water quality concerns are present and connection to a public sewer system is not feasible because of location or cost.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-229 of the Code of Virginia, relating to loans for septic systems.23104870D
Patron: Bloxom
Oyster-planting grounds; fees. Reduces the lease application fees and lease transfer fees for general oyster-planting grounds and riparian oyster-planting grounds to $300 for leases of less than 10 acres, $400 for leases of 10 acres or more but less than 100 acres, and $500 for leases of 100 acres or more. Such fees in current law are $300 for leases of less than five acres, $500 for leases of five to 25 acres, and $1,000 for leases of more than 25 acres. The bill increases the fee for transferring a riparian planting ground assignment from $5 to $300 when ownership of such riparian assignment is transferred with ownership of the adjacent highland.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 28.2-601, 28.2-608, and 28.2-625 of the Code of Virginia, relating to oyster-planting grounds; fees.23101630D
Patron: Mullin
Department of Historic Resources; Green Book historic site designations. Directs the Department of Historic Resources, in partnership with the Virginia Tourism Corporation and the Department of Transportation, to designate or approve supplementary signs for historic site signs identifying Green Book locations and businesses in the Commonwealth. The bill defines "Green Book" as The Negro Motorist Green Book published by Victor Hugo Green, which provided a list of hotels, guest houses, service stations, drug stores, taverns, barber shops, and restaurants known to be safe for traveling Black Americans during the Jim Crow era.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10.1-2210.1, relating to Department of Historic Resources; Green Book historic site designation.23103271D
Patron: Krizek
Native plant species; state agencies. Directs the Secretaries of Natural and Historic Resources, Agriculture and Forestry, and Administration to coordinate the development of strategic actions for state agencies to take to prioritize the use of native plant species on state properties.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-220.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to native plant species; state agencies.23100246D
Patron: Bulova
Plans and programs; drought evaluation and response plans; Potomac River. Requires the State Water Control Board to recognize service areas for water utilities in the Commonwealth that use the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct drought evaluation region. The bill requires the Board to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Water Supply and Drought Awareness Response Plan: Potomac River System (the Metropolitan Washington Plan) into the existing drought evaluation and response plans that are applicable to the Potomac River drought evaluation region. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that further recognize the localities that include any portion of the service area of a water supply utility in the Commonwealth that uses the Potomac River as a water supply source as a distinct regional planning area. The bill requires such regulations to incorporate certain provisions from the Metropolitan Washington Plan. The bill provides that the incorporation of such provisions shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Governor during a declared drought emergency.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 62.1-44.38 and 62.1-44.38:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to plans and programs; drought evaluation and response plans; Potomac River.23104567D
Patron: Bulova
Noxious weeds; invasive plant species. Removes the current prohibition on the movement, transportation, delivery, shipment, or offering for shipment of any noxious weed into or within the Commonwealth without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and grants the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services the authority to adopt regulations governing the conditions under which a permit will be required for such actions. The bill also adds requirements related to invasive plant species, including directing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to create an invasive plant species list and update it quadrennially. The bill directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to convene the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group to develop industry resources and recommendations to be submitted to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriations.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-800, 3.2-802, and 3.2-804 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 10.1 a section numbered 10.1-104.6:2, relating to noxious weeds; invasive plant species.23104789D
Patron: Bulova
Administrative Process Act; Department of Wildlife Resources; guidance documents; endangered species. Clarifies that certain guidance documents developed and used by the Department of Wildlife Resources relating to threatened and endangered species shall expire on December 31, 2023, unless such documents are filed for publication with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations by August 1, 2023, and made available for public comment pursuant to Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).
A BILL to direct that certain guidance documents developed and used by the Department of Wildlife Resources be filed for publication with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations by August 1, 2023.23106268D
Patron: Fariss
State parks; master planning requirements. Increases from $500,000 to $2 million the value of physical improvements and structures in state parks that are considered substantial improvements, as defined in the bill. The bill also stipulates that the master planning process shall not be considered an impediment to the acquisition of inholdings, adjacent properties to be incorporated into an existing park, or properties acquired for the development of a new park. Such properties, when acquired, shall be incorporated into a park's existing master plan as part of that plan's next scheduled 10-year review and update, or for new parks, a master plan shall be initiated within five years of finalizing the acquisition.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-107 and 10.1-200.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state parks; master planning requirements.23103992D
Patron: Morefield
Use of subaqueous beds; nontidal waters; permit requirements; penalty. Authorizes any person to build, dump, trespass, encroach upon or over, or take or use any materials from subaqueous beds that are the property of the Commonwealth, provided that such activity is conducted in nontidal waters and such person obtains a Virginia Water Protection Permit and complies with all requirements of the Virginia Water Resources and Wetlands Protection Program. A violation of the provisions of the bill is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 28.2-1203 of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of subaqueous beds; nontidal waters; permit requirements; penalty.23101289D
Patron: Rasoul
Requirements to test for PFAS; publicly owned treatment works; discharges into state waters. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations that require any industrial user of publicly owned treatment works that receive and clean, repair, refurbish, or process items that the industrial user knows or reasonably should have known uses PFAS chemicals, defined in the bill, to test wastestreams for PFAS prior to and after cleaning, repairing, refurbishing, or processing such items. The bill requires the results of such tests to be transmitted to the receiving publicly owned treatment works within three days of receipt of the test results by the industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 a section numbered 62.1-44.15:5.3, relating to requirements to test for PFAS chemicals; publicly owned treatment works.23106081D
Patron: Edmunds
Virginia Stormwater Management Program; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; exemptions for the harvesting of forest crops. Clarifies that the provisions of the Virginia Stormwater Management Program and the Erosion and Sediment Control Program do not apply to the clearing of lands for the harvesting of forest crops when the areas on which harvesting occurs are not intended to be reforested artificially or naturally or converted to bona fide agricultural or improved pasture use, provided that the land-disturbing activity is the minimum land disturbance necessary, including clearing, grading, excavating, or removal of stumps, for the harvesting of timber and the construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 62.1-44.15:34, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 62.1-44.15:51, as it is currently effective, and 62.1-44.15:55, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Stormwater Management Program; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; exemptions for the harvesting of forest crops.23105340D
Patron: Wiley
Conveyance of easement; Shenandoah River State Park. Authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement at Shenandoah River State Park (Park) to Front Royal Parcel 1, LLC (Grantee) for the purpose of conveying a right-of-way on the location of the existing State Route 737 (Thunderbird Road) to the Grantee to provide access to the lands of the Grantee bisected by the Park.
A BILL to authorize the Department of Conservation and Recreation to grant and convey an easement at Shenandoah River State Park.23101286D
Patron: Bloxom
Agricultural land; acquisition or transfer by foreign adversaries prohibited; report. Prohibits any foreign adversary, as defined in the bill, from acquiring or transferring any interest in agricultural land, as defined in federal law, beginning January 1, 2023, and requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to compile a report annually with certain information regarding agricultural land that is under foreign ownership and submit such report to the Governor and General Assembly.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-102 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 55.1 a chapter numbered 5.1, consisting of sections numbered 55.1-507, 55.1-508, and 55.1-509, relating to agricultural land; ownership by foreign adversaries prohibited.23106106D
Patron: Campbell, E.H.
Animal care; seizure of animals; zoos. Adds animals located at a zoo or petting zoo, defined in the bill, with agricultural animals as exceptions to the standards for seizure or impoundment of companion animals.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-6500 and 3.2-6569 of the Code of Virginia, relating to animal care; seizure of animals; zoos.23102302D
Patron: Webert
Animal testing facilities; public notification. Requires an animal testing facility, as defined in the bill, to make certain inspection reports publicly available by displaying a link to access such reports on the home page or landing page of the animal testing facility's website or, if such animal testing facility does not have a website, making such information available by means of a press release or other similar publication. The bill requires any animal testing facility operated by an institution of higher education that receives a citation for critical noncompliance, as defined in the bill, under the Animal Welfare Act or regulations adopted thereunder, to notify the leadership of such institution including the president, dean, and board of visitors or board of trustees. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any federal facility or privately owned licensed veterinary practice.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 13 of Chapter 65 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-6593.2, relating to animal testing facilities; public notification.23105509D
Patron: Runion
Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act; regulations; effective date. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations to implement before July 1, 2024, the requirements of amendments to the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act enacted by the 2016 Session and amended by the 2017 Session and delays from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2024, the effective date of the amendments made by the 2016 Session and regulations required to be adopted pursuant thereto. The bill also directs such adopted regulations to include the reduction of regulations through consolidation of duplicative requirements.
A BILL to amend and reenact the ninth enactments of Chapters 68 and 758 of the Acts of Assembly of 2016 and the tenth enactments of Chapters 68 and 758 of the Acts of Assembly of 2016, as amended by the second enactment of Chapter 345 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017, relating to Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act; regulations; effective date.23103204D
Patron: Hodges
Coastal resilience policy; research university collaborative. Authorizes the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and all relevant agencies, when setting coastal resilience policies, to seek input and consultation from any of the Commonwealth's research university collaborative, including the Virginia Coastal Policy Center, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience. The bill permits the Secretary and all relevant agencies to utilize such research university collaborative's expertise, research, and data analysis for the implementation of water management techniques and coastal resilience strategies.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 10.1 a section numbered 10.1-660, relating to coastal resilience policy; research university collaborative.23103117D