HB1350
Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; assessment for violations, etc., civil penalties.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Hillary Pugh Kent (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties.
Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill increases from $1,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty that ... (More) a locality authorized to administer a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program is able to collect for any one violation of certain regulations, orders, ordinances, program provisions, conditions of land-disturbance approvals, and provisions of state law. The bill also provides, however, that for a land-disturbing activity that (i) disturbs an area measuring at least 10,000 square feet but less than one acre in an area not designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area and (ii) is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that disturbs one or more acres of land, the civil penalty shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation, and a series of violations arising from the same set of facts shall not exceed $50,000. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/19/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26104659D
- 01/19/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/26/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/02/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106778D-H1
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/09/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/09/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1350ER)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
