Recurrent Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; study continued.
Summary
Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding for an additional year, through the 2027 interim. This joint resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2026
Last action Apr 1, 2026
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Enrolled
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was converted from an introduced draft to its final enrolled version, primarily involving extensive formatting cleanup and the removal of internal editorial marks. The substantive policy content regarding the continuation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding, its membership, and its budget remains unchanged.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope or applicability; the text covers the same subject matter.
TECHNICAL
Removed internal markup symbols, page headers, and draft status indicators that were present in the introduced version.
Added spacing and layout adjustments typical of the final enrolled document format.
Corrected a typo in the enrolled header where 'ENROLLED' was misspelled as 'ENROLLE D' in the draft.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Mar 2, 2026
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ16ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Jan 30, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (84-0-4)
house of delegates
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
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