Voluntary forest mitigation; agreements.
Summary
Voluntary forest mitigation agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, or any agency within those secretariats, or the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to enter into an agreement, with certain minimum provisions, with the owner or operator of construction projects to accomplish forest mitigation, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that no such agreement shall (i) include any waiver of liability for environmental damage caused by the construction project or (ii) guarantee regulatory approval for a construction project by any state agency.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2020
How they voted
23–16
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 27, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 959 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (63-Y 37-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB674S1
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106282D-S1
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 1-N 4-A)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102486D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
MM
Monty Mason
DDemocratic
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