Oyster planting grounds; municipal dredging projects.
Summary
Extends the duration of an exception, for municipal dredging, to the right of a person to lease oyster-planting grounds, and establishes a procedure for determining compensation to such a leaseholder when his grounds are disturbed by such a dredging project.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 18, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 18, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2047E
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103694D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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