Virginia House Bill 557 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Transportation
Pending: House Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; preservation of public parklands, recreation areas, and wildlife or waterfowl refuges. Requires the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to prioritize the preservation of the natural beauty and the natural resources of the countryside and public park and recreation lands within the localities embraced by the Authority and prohibits the Authority from approving any program or project that requires the use of any publicly owned land from a (i) public park; (ii) recreation area; or (iii) wildlife or waterfowl refuge of national, statewide, or local significance as determined by the local governing body of any locality having jurisdiction over such wildlife or waterfowl refuge unless (a) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use of such land and (b) such program or project includes all possible planning to minimize harm to such park, recreation area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge resulting from such use.

Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; preservation of public parklands, recreation areas, etc.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

2024-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Transportation
2024-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2024-01-18	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101097D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	2	2513	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB557
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB557+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB557F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1902V0001+HB0557