HB 420 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Federal park operations; temporary funding.

Summary
Temporary funding of federal park operations. Authorizes the Governor to provide funding and execute necessaryagreements to allow the temporary operation of any Virginia propertycontrolled by the National Park Service in the event of a federalgovernment shutdown. Such authority shall be contingent on the U.S.Department of the Interior executing an agreement which authorizesthe Commonwealth to operate such property. The bill states that thefunds may come from the State Park Conservation Resources Fund, voluntarydonations, funds allocated to the Department of Conservation andRecreation, or other sources. However, the bill clarifies that nofunds originally allocated from the general fund shall be used tooperate a federal park for more than 21 days without the approvalof the General Assembly.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Last action Feb 29, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

934
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 98
Feb 13, 2024
D Democratic49
47 Yea 2 Nay
95% Yea
R Republican49
46 Yea 2 Nay 1
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of David Bulova
David Bulova
DDemocratic
VA
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