Living shorelines; resiliency.
Summary
Living shorelines; resiliency. Includes a shoreline practice that may enhance coastal resilience and attenuation of wave energy and storm surge in the definition of "living shoreline" for purposes of establishing and implementing a general permit regulation that authorizes and encourages the use of living shorelines as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Mar 31, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2020
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 28, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105142D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Keith Hodges
RRepublican
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