SB 1161 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership.

Summary
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; membership. Clarifies that each of the six nonlegislative citizen members of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (the Board) who is not an at-large member is to be appointed by the Governor from a list of two qualified nominees submitted for each vacancy by the Board and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (the Association) in consultation with other groups. The bill also requires each of the six nonlegislative citizen members to be a resident of a different one of the six geographic areas represented in the Association. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 8, 2021 Signed Mar 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2021

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 25, 2021
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Mar 11, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 44 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1161S1
upper
Jan 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103248D-S1
upper
Jan 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 8, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100954D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors