HB 487 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Norfolk, City of; Marine Resources Commission to convey easement for certain property.

Summary

State-owned bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission; conveyance of certain easements to City of Norfolk; Coastal Storm Risk Management Program. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to convey to the City of Norfolk, in locations acceptable to the Commission, permanent easement interests, temporary construction easements, and fee simple interests in subaqueous land that are necessary for the City’s Phase I drawings, defined in the bill, pursuant to quitclaims. The bill also allows the Commission to quitclaim to the City any interest that the Commonwealth may have in and to the property known as Newton Canal, a/k/a Mahone's Canal, a/k/a Brambleton Canal, which property is located within the boundaries of City of Norfolk GPIN 1437339770.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Mar 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute → Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a House Substitute version with different layout and spacing. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the authorization for the Marine Resources Commission to convey easements and property interests to the City of Norfolk for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. No new requirements, funding changes, or eligibility modifications were introduced.

TECHNICAL

The document was restructured from a standard House Bill format to a House Substitute format with different spacing, line breaks, and page numbering conventions, but the actual legislative text and policy provisions remain identical.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

85–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 87

Feb 17, 2026

D Democratic52

51 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican35

34 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee offered

lower

Jan 19, 2026

Committee

Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors