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HB 237

Virginia House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.

Status: enacted. Latest action: April 13, 2026.

Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan; identifying areas where marshes may migrate in face of sea rise.

Bill ID VA-2026-HB-237
Session 2026
Status enacted
Committee Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources; Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
House of Delegates enacted 2026-04-13
Environment / Climate
Summary

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.

Sponsor
Lopez
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-08 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-13 Status enacted
2026-04-13 Latest Action Approved by Governor-Chapter 915 (effective 7/1/2026)
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