HB 2170

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 07, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 04, 2025
  • Senate
  • Governor

Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund; distribution of certain funds, reports.

Abstract

Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund; reallocation of certain funds for conservation practices. Allows until July 1, 2027, in any fiscal year, any funds previously distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the purpose of grants for agricultural best management practices that cannot be obligated by a soil and water conservation district by June 15 during the fiscal year to be reallocated by the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to any soil and water conservation district for conservation practices. The bill also allows the Board to reallocate the remaining previously distributed funds that cannot be obligated by June 15 to the soil and water conservation districts within the same watershed. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to include in its annual reports to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations relating to the clean-up plan for the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia waters the amounts of funds reappropriated between watersheds as provided in the bill.

A BILL to amend and reenact ยง 10.1-2128.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Feb 14, 2025

Senate

Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)

Feb 11, 2025

Senate

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

Feb 05, 2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

Feb 04, 2025

House

Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House

House

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

House

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

Feb 03, 2025

House

Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to

House

Read second time

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2170)

Jan 31, 2025

House

Read first time

Jan 29, 2025

House

Committee substitute printed 25105968D-H1

House

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

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)

Jan 28, 2025

House

Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake

Jan 15, 2025

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2170)

Jan 07, 2025

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103885D

House

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute HTML PDF
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2170) PDF PDF

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