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HB390Introduced in the House of Delegates

Habitat Policy Oversight Committee; established, membership, powers and duties, report.

Passed

Introduced by Alex Askew, District 95

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission's coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, establishes how the members of the Committee are appointed, and provides that the Committee shall have 11 voting members and two ex-officio members. This bill incorporates HB 619.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 3, 2026

98

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

How would you vote on this bill?

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See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105033D

  2. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

  3. Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)

  7. Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26106934D-H1

  9. Read first time

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  13. Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

  16. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)

  17. Senate committee offered

  18. Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-N)

  19. Rules suspended

  20. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  21. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  22. Committee substitute printed 26108483D-S1

  23. Read third time

  24. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  25. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  26. Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  27. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)

  28. Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

  29. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)

  30. Enrolled

  31. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB390ER)

  32. Signed by Speaker

  33. Signed by President

  34. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

  35. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  36. Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/2026)

  37. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)

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