SB857
Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of DCR, rights and requirements of dam owners, civil penalty.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance; Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of the Department of Conservation and Recreation; rights and requirements of dam owners; civil penalty.
Amends various provisions of the Dam Safety Act to streamline the Department of Conservation and Recreation's enforcement powers for impounding structures under the Act and clarifies the Department's powers and duties during an active dam failure. The bill also makes changes to a dam owner's responsibilities under the Act, including ... (More) adding additional requirements to obtain a general permit for a low hazard impounding structure, making a dam owner responsible for ensuring that his impounding structure that presents an imminent danger has a safety inspection performed as provided in the bill, and allowing a dam owner to identify the dam break inundation zone of his impounding structure by providing the limits of the dam break inundation zone in lieu of filing a map. The bill also changes certain criteria for applicants to receive funds from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, including the project match requirements for grants or loans. Finally, the bill repeals the provisions providing civil penalties for violating the provisions of the Act and makes technical amendments related to such repeal. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103214D
- 01/03/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB857)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 25103214D-E
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB857)
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/10/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/12/2025 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/17/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/17/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/17/2025 - House: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
- 02/17/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/17/2025 - House: Passed House with amendments (89-Y 6-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB857ER)
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB857)
- 02/21/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
- 03/05/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)
