Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources - Chesapeake Subcommittee Subcommittee Agenda

Chair: Herring, Charniele L.

Meeting Date & Time: 02/09/2026 04:00 PM Add to Calendar

Location: House Committee Room A - 008

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Additional Resource(s):

Committee Clerk: Robert Asplund (804)698-1946

DLS Staff : Anissa Cottrell (804) 698-1814; Nathan Smith (804) 698-1840

Block 1

Bill(s) Patron Title
HB487 Hernandez State-owned bottomlands; localities, property interest.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 28.2-1200.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state-owned bottomlands; localities; property interest.

Fiscal Impact

Related Bills:

SB192 (Williams Graves - State-owned bottomlands; localities, property interest.)

HB747 Runion Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; consolidation of agricultural commitments.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 62.1-44.118 and 62.1-44.119:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to impaired waters clean-up plan report; consolidation of the agricultural commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan annual report.

Fiscal Impact

HB880 Kent Biosolids; monitoring requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Summary: A BILL to require the Department of Environmental Quality to amend regulations for monitoring per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in biosolids.

HB938 Clark Self-reporting of PFAS manufacture and use for assessment; publicly owned treatment works, report.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.34:31 of the Code of Virginia, relating to self-reporting of PFAS manufacture and use for PFAS assessment; Department of Environmental Quality; industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works.

Fiscal Impact

HB952 Lopez Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Prog.; nutrient credit use by regulated entities.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:21 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; nutrient credit use by regulated entities.

HB1048 Carr Menhaden reduction fishing; Marine Resources Commission to prohibit in the Chesapeake Bay.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28.2-401.1, relating to Marine Resources Commission; menhaden reduction fishing in the Chesapeake Bay prohibited.

HB1049 Carr Menhaden reduction fishery; quota periods in Chesapeake Bay.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 28.2 a section numbered 28.2-412, relating to Marine Resources Commission; Chesapeake Bay; menhaden reduction fishery; quota periods; observers.

Fiscal Impact

HB1072 Laufer Sewage sludge; local authority to test and monitor within its political boundaries.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local authority to test and monitor the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries.

HB1356 Convirs-Fowler Precipitation design standards; non-stationary precipitation, climate-adjusted rainfall.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 a section numbered 33.2-280.3 and by adding in Article 2.6 of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 a section numbered 62.1-44.15:85, relating to precipitation design standards; non-stationary precipitation; climate-adjusted rainfall.

Fiscal Impact

HB1424 Whittle Onsite sewage system designs; Board of Health to establish a pre-certified library of designs, etc.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-164 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Health; Board of Health; powers and duties; onsite sewage system designs.

HB1443 Lopez Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distributing of sewage sludge.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distribution of sewage sludge; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; testing requirements.

HB1519 Runion Chesapeake Bay Watershed; generated by point sources or nonpoint sources, sunset.

Summary: A BILL relating to Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit.