HB 1350 VA

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Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties. Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill increases from $1,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty that a locality authorized to administer a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program is able to collect for any one violation of certain regulations, orders, ordinances, program provisions, conditions of land-disturbance approvals, and provisions of state law. The bill also provides, however, that for a land-disturbing activity that (i) disturbs an area measuring at least 10,000 square feet but less than one acre in an area not designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area and (ii) is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that disturbs one or more acres of land, the civil penalty shall not exceed $5,000 for each violation, and a series of violations arising from the same set of facts shall not exceed $50,000.

• Hillary Pugh Kent Republican · primary

1. Jan 19, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26104659D · lower
2. Jan 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350) · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake · lower
5. Feb 2, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106778D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
16. Feb 24, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1350ER) · lower
26. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350) · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML