Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 517 — Chief Resilience Officer; clarifies designation and role.

Last action — Approved by Governor-Chapter 786 (effective 7/1/22)

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on May 27, 2022.

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  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 11 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Chief Resilience Officer. Clarifies the designation and role of the Chief Resilience Officer by moving the position from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and adding provisions related to the role of the Chief Resilience Officer in creating and overseeing the implementation of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and a Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. Under current law, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources is designated the Chief Resilience Officer. This bill is a Chesapeake Bay Commission initiative.

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What changed in the latest version

75 added · 72 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to HB 517 officially establish the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources as the Chief Resilience Officer for Virginia. This change replaces a previously existing section that is now repealed, streamlining the role and clarifying that this officer will oversee efforts related to resilience and adaptation across urban, suburban, and rural areas. The new designation is important because it consolidates leadership under one position, ensuring a more coordinated approach to tackling challenges like flooding and environmental resilience statewide.

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RECONVENED SESSION REENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY –– CHAPTER R An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-215 and 2.2-435.11 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-220.5, and to repeal § 2.2-222.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Chief Resilience Officer.
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2022 RECONVENED SESSION CHAPTER 786 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-215 and 2.2-435.11 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-220.5, and to repeal § 2.2-222.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Chief Resilience Officer.
E N [H 517] R Approved O Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
[H 517] Approved May 27, 2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
That §§ 2.2-215 and 2.2-435.11 are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is L amended by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-220.5 as follows:
That §§ 2.2-215 and 2.2-435.11 are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-220.5 as follows:
E The position of Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources (the Secretary) is created.
The position of Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources (the Secretary) is created.
The Secretary shall serve as the Chief Resilience Officer for the purposes of duties required pursuant to § 2D2-222.4, and shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies:
The Secretary shall serve as the Chief Resilience Officer for the purposes of duties required pursuant to § 2.2-222.4, Recreation, Department of Historic Resources, Marine Resources Commission, Department of Wildlifend Resources, and the Department of Environmental Quality and for the Chief Resilience Officer pursuant to § 2.2-220.5.
Department of Conservation and Resources, and the Department of Environmental Quality and for the Chief Resilience Officer pursuant to § 2.2-220.5.
The Chief Resilience Officer shaHl serve as the primary coordinator of resilience and adaptation initiatives in Virginia and as the prim5ry point hazard mitigation, and adaptation.
The Chief Resilience Officer shall serve as the primary coordinator of resilience and adaptation initiatives in Virginia and as the primary point of contact regarding issues related to resilience, recurrent flooding, all flooding-related pre-disaster hazard mitigation, and adaptation.
The Chief Resilience Officer shall be equally responsible for allster urban, suburban, and rural areas of the Commonwealth.
The Chief Resilience Officer shall be equally responsible for all urban, suburban, and rural areas of the Commonwealth.
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defense or catchment area, including a levee, reservoir, dam, catch basin, or wetland or lake improved or constructed for the purpose of flood control, review and comment on plans for the construction or substantial reinforcement of such flood defense or catchment area.
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Upon the request of any locality in the Commonwealth in which is located a substantial flood defense or catchment area, including a levee, reservoir, dam, catch basin, or wetland or lake improved or constructed for the purpose of flood control, review and comment on plans for the construction or substantial reinforcement of such flood defense or catchment area.
Create and oversee the implementation of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and a Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan in accordance with § 10.1-602 to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, economy, and the environment.multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, health, the 5.
Create and oversee the implementation of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and a Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan in accordance with § 10.1-602 to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, health, the economy, and the environment.
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Beginning July 1, 2023, and every two years thereafter, report to the Governor and the General of flood protection for critical infrastructure, including human and natural infrastructure.
Beginning July 1, 2023, and every two years thereafter, report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of flood resilience in the Commonwealth.
The report shall serve as an evaluation of flood protection for critical infrastructure, including human and natural infrastructure.
Special Assistant) is created.
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The position of Special Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection (the Special Assistant) is created.
The Special Assistant shall be the lead of 2 in developing and in providing direction and ensuring accountability for a statewide coastal flooding adaptation strategy and shall initiate and assist with economic development opportunities associated with adaptation, development opportunities for the creation of business incubators, the advancement of the academic expertise at the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, coordination with the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, safeguarding strategic national assets threatened by coastal flooding, and pursuing federal, state, and local funding opportunities for adaptation initiatives.
The Special Assistant shall be the lead in developing and in providing direction and ensuring accountability for a statewide coastal flooding adaptation strategy and shall initiate and assist with economic development opportunities associated with of 2 adaptation, development opportunities for the creation of business incubators, the advancement of the academic expertise at the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, coordination with the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, safeguarding strategic national assets threatened by coastal flooding, and pursuing federal, state, and local funding opportunities for adaptation initiatives.
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor-Chapter 786 (effective 7/1/22)

  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022

  3. Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022

  4. Signed by Speaker as reenrolled

  5. Signed by President as reenrolled

  6. Reenrolled bill text (HB517ER2)

  7. Reenrolled

  8. Governor's recommendation adopted in-part

  9. Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (40-Y 0-N)

  10. Motion to pass by Governor's recommendation #2 agreed to

  11. VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)

  12. House concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (100-Y 0-N)

  13. Placed on Calendar

  14. Governor's recommendation received by House

  15. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022

  16. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022

  17. Signed by President

  18. Impact statement from DPB (HB517ER)

  19. Signed by Speaker

  20. Enrolled

  21. Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

  22. Committee amendment rejected

  23. Read third time

  24. Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

  25. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)

  26. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

  27. Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

  28. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  29. Constitutional reading dispensed

  30. VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)

  31. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

  32. Read second time and engrossed

  33. Read first time

  34. Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

  35. Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

  36. Impact statement from DPB (HB517)

  37. Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

  38. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  39. Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)

  40. Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

  41. Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

  42. Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1

  43. Referred to Committee on Public Safety

  44. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103791D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (144)

144 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (40-Y 0-N)

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 40000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99000
Total 99000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
March, Marie E. — Yea
Greenhalgh, Karen S. — Yea
Adams, Dawn M. — Yea
Adams, Les R. — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
Bill Wiley — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Briana D. Sewell — Yea
Bulova, David L. — Yea
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Chris S. Runion — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Cordoza, A.C. — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Don Scott — Yea
Edmunds, James E., II — Yea
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Yea
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — Yea
Hudson, Sally L. — Yea
Irene Shin — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
Jackie H. Glass — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jason S. Ballard — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Jessica L. Anderson — Yea
Joseph P. McNamara — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Yea
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Maldonado, Michelle Lopes — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Yea
Mundon King, Candi — Yea
Murphy, Kathleen — Yea
Nadarius E. Clark — Yea
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
Phillip A. Scott — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rodney T. Willett — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Scott A. Wyatt — Yea
Shelly A. Simonds — Yea
Sickles, Mark D. — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Tara A. Durant — Yea
Taylor, Kim A. — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Yea
Wendell S. Walker — Yea
Wren M. Williams — Yea

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Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39001
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Not Voting
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38002
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Not Voting
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Not Voting
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea

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Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea

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VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99000
Total 99000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Greenhalgh, Karen S. — Yea
March, Marie E. — Yea
Adams, Dawn M. — Yea
Adams, Les R. — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Avoli, G. "John" — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
Bill Wiley — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Briana D. Sewell — Yea
Bulova, David L. — Yea
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Chris S. Runion — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Cordoza, A.C. — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Dan I. Helmer — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Don Scott — Yea
Edmunds, James E., II — Yea
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Yea
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — Yea
Hudson, Sally L. — Yea
Irene Shin — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
Jackie H. Glass — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jason S. Ballard — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Jessica L. Anderson — Yea
Joseph P. McNamara — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Yea
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Maldonado, Michelle Lopes — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Yea
Mundon King, Candi — Yea
Murphy, Kathleen — Yea
Nadarius E. Clark — Yea
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
Phillip A. Scott — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rodney T. Willett — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Scott A. Wyatt — Yea
Shelly A. Simonds — Yea
Sickles, Mark D. — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Tara A. Durant — Yea
Taylor, Kim A. — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Yea
Wendell S. Walker — Yea
Wren M. Williams — Yea

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Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22000
Total 22000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
Bulova, David L. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Scott A. Wyatt — Yea
Sickles, Mark D. — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Wampler, William C., III — Yea

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Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22000
Total 22000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Cordoza, A.C. — Yea
March, Marie E. — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Yea
Bill Wiley — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Jason S. Ballard — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Mundon King, Candi — Yea
Nadarius E. Clark — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Wren M. Williams — Yea

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Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
March, Marie E. — Yea
Cordoza, A.C. — Yea
Angelia Williams Graves — Yea
Bill Wiley — Yea
Campbell, Ronnie R. — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Jenkins, Clinton L. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
Nadarius E. Clark — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Not Voting

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What does HB 517 do?
Chief Resilience Officer. Clarifies the designation and role of the Chief Resilience Officer by moving the position from under the responsibility of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and adding provisions related to the role of the Chief Resilience Officer in creating and overseeing the implementation of a Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan and a Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. Under current law, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources is designated the Chief Resilience Officer. This bill is a Chesapeake Bay Commission initiative.
Who sponsors HB 517?
HB 517 is sponsored by Marcus B. Simon, David L. Bulova, Plum, Kenneth R., and Keam, Mark L..
What is the current status of HB 517?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 517?
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