VA HB 619
Status unknownHabitat Policy Oversight Committee; established, powers and duties, annual oversight report.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did VA HB 619 pass?
The current status of VA HB 619 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources
What is VA HB 619 about?
Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties; report. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission's coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, provides that the Committee shall have nine voting members and two ex-officio members, and directs the Committee to submit an annual oversight report to the full Commission.
Who sponsors VA HB 619?
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. is the primary sponsor of VA HB 619.
Description
Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties; report. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission's coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, provides that the Committee shall have nine voting members and two ex-officio members, and directs the Committee to submit an annual oversight report to the full Commission.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.primary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-18
Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2026-01-26
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (10-Y 0-N)
2026-01-26
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB619)
2026-01-23
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102046D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends incorporating
2026-01-26 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Michael J. Webert: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:35:59.552682Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=VA&identifier=HB 619. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.