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2023 SESSION
HB 2282 Forest crops; exemptions from Virginia Stormwater Management Program, etc., for harvesting.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103919D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105340D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103919D
- 01/11/23 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/13/23 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/25/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105340D-H1
- 02/01/23 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Read first time
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time
- 02/06/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105340D-H1
- 02/06/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2282H1
- 02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
- 02/07/23 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/14/23 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/16/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/23 Senate: Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/23 Senate: Defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N)