Virginia Senate Bill 511 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: Passed on March 27 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)

Natural resources funding. Establishes the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The Fund would be capitalized with appropriated funds and moneys from public and private sources. Beginning July 1, 2008, and for the next 10 years moneys in the Fund would be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMP). Fifty-seven percent of the moneys are to used for matching grants to implement BMPs on agricultural lands exclusively in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and 38 percent of the moneys would be used for all other lands in the Commonwealth. Five percent of the moneys would be allocated to soil and water conservation districts. This bill is identical to

Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created.

Sen. Harry Blevins [R]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Robert Hurt [R]
Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Ralph Northam [D]	Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]	Sen. Phillip Puckett [D]
Sen. Frederick Quayle [R]	Sen. Roscoe Reynolds [D]	Sen. Patricia Ticer [D]	Sen. Jill Vogel [R]
Sen. Mary Whipple [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)
2008-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-11		Senate: Signed by President
2008-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-03-08		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB511ER)
2008-03-08		Senate: Enrolled
2008-03-05		Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB511H1
2008-03-03		House: Committee substitute agreed to 082596696-H1
2008-03-03		House: Read third time
2008-02-29		House: Read second time
2008-02-28		House: Committee substitute printed 082596696-H1
2008-02-27		House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (23-Y 0-N)
2008-02-19		House: Assigned App. sub: Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources(Cox)
2008-02-14		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2008-02-14		House: Read first time
2008-02-14		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-12		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-12		Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2008-02-12		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-12		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB511S1
2008-02-12		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 082947352-S1
2008-02-12		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-12		Senate: Committee amendment rejected
2008-02-12		Senate: Reading of amendment waived
2008-02-12		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-11		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		Senate: Committee substitute printed 082947352-S1
2008-02-07		Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 1-N)
2008-01-21		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2008-01-21		Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2008-01-09		Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2008-01-09		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084336352

HB1335 (Same As) 2008-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB511