2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2453: Living Shoreline Grant Fund; established.

Legislative Summary

Living Shoreline Grant Fund established. Establishes the Living Shoreline Grant Fund to be administered by the Marine Resources Commission for the purpose of awarding grants to a local government or a federally recognized tribe in the Commonwealth to match federal or other matching funds. The bill requires such grants be used for the construction, renovation, or improvement of living shorelines greater than 1.5 miles in any shore angle direction. The bill requires the Commission to give priority to projects that (i) are located on public lands, (ii) demonstrate the ability for the living shoreline to migrate upland over time through documented control of upland properties, or (iii) are identified as priorities in the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103427D
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
House of Delegates
1/20/2025
Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
House of Delegates
1/22/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2453)
House of Delegates
1/22/2025
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Stricken from docket by Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Stricken from docket by Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
1/24/2025
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (8-Y 0-N)
1/22/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Keith Hodges
Keith Hodges
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/8/20255.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/22/2025146.0 KB