VA SB 617
Status unknownVirginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry, performance bond.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did VA SB 617 pass?
The current status of VA SB 617 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-03): Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
What is VA SB 617 about?
Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry; performance bond. Removes the requirement for a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) authority to have a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement in order to enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of initiating or maintaining appropriate actions that are required by conditions imposed by the VESMP authority on a land-disturbing activity when an owner, after proper notice, has failed to take acceptable action within the time specified.
Who sponsors VA SB 617?
Tara A. Durant is the primary sponsor of VA SB 617.
Description
Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry; performance bond. Removes the requirement for a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) authority to have a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement in order to enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of initiating or maintaining appropriate actions that are required by conditions imposed by the VESMP authority on a land-disturbing activity when an owner, after proper notice, has failed to take acceptable action within the time specified.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-14
- Latest action
- 2026-02-03 — Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Tara A. Durantprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-14
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103776D
filing,introduction
2026-01-14
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee
2026-01-26
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB617)
2026-01-27
Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
referral-committee
2026-02-03
Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
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Votes
Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2026-02-03 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Timmy French: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: not voting
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- Michael J. Jones: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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