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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1950: Living Shoreline Grant Fund; established.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1950 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Living Shoreline Grant Fund; established. Primary sponsor: Phil Hernandez (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Phil HernandezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse94

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Appropriations
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1950)
  3. Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
  4. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103047D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source