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HB 1422 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan initiatives; nutrient management plans; stream exclusion. Sets December 31, 2025, as the target date to achieve the water quality goals contained in Virginia's final Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The bill provides that if the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretaries) jointly determine on or after July 1, 2026, that such goals have not been met by a combination of agricultural best management conservation practices, including the coverage of a sufficient portion of Chesapeake Bay cropland by nutrient management plans or the installation of a sufficient number of livestock stream exclusion practices, then certain provisions requiring the use of nutrient management plans and livestock stream exclusions shall become effective. The bill directs the Secretaries to convene a stakeholder advisory group to review annual progress toward the implementation of agricultural commitments in the WIP, develop a process to assist in creating nutrient management plans, and develop a plan for the stream exclusion program. The measure also directs the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to establish by December 31, 2020, the official method for identifying perennial streams and directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish by July 1, 2021, a portable stream fencing practice for inclusion in the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practice Cost-Share Program. This bill is identical to SB 704.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104799D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107737D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1422ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1185) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104799D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107737D-H1
- 02/05/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/07/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107737D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1422H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (81-Y 17-N)
- 02/11/20 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/11/20 House: Passed House (79-Y 20-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage #2 (79-Y 20-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/18/20 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/27/20 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/27/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/20 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (77-Y 19-N)
- 03/02/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 19-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1422ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1185 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1185)