HB237
Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan; identifying areas where marshes may migrate in face of sea rise.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Alfonso Lopez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan; flood mitigation; marshes.
Requires the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan to include, under the existing requirement to recognize the importance of protecting and enhancing natural infrastructure and nature-based approaches to flood mitigation, the identification of areas where marshes may migrate in the face of sea level rise.-
Bill History
- 01/08/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102974D
- 01/08/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/28/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106447D-H1
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/12/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB237)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment agreed to
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment
- 03/10/2026 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
