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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2450: Research university collaborative; reassigning coastal resource management duties.

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 2450 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Research university collaborative; reassigning coastal resource management duties. Primary sponsor: Keith Hodges (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

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.

Research university collaborative; Virginia Institute of Marine Science; reassigning coastal resource management duties. Makes the Commonwealth's research university collaborative the scientific advisor to the Commonwealth on matters of coastal resilience. The bill shifts the duties of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science relating to coastal resource management, including the duty of developing comprehensive coastal resource management guidance for local governments, to the collaborative. The bill requires certain localities to incorporate such guidance developed by the collaborative into the next scheduled review of its comprehensive plan beginning in 2026.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith HodgesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse68

“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 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2450)
  3. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 2-N)
  4. Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
  5. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102768D

Sources

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