HB237
Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan; identifying areas where marshes may migrate in face of sea rise.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 12, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB237)
Chief Patron:
Alfonso Lopez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Conservation and Recreation; ConserveVirginia; wetlands.
Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to include in the floodplains and flooding resilience and protected landscape resilience categories of the ConserveVirginia program a geographic information system layer to map those lands adjacent to existing wetlands and lands suitable for wetland migration to occur.-
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)
