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Natural Resources Subcommittee

Wednesday, January 28, 2026·55m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Virginia Natural Resources Subcommittee advanced bills on resilience funding, conservation easements, wetlands migration planning, and land conveyances while tabling proposals on wildlife regulation and dark sky preserves; two bills were stricken at patron request and one re-referred to another committee.

Key Actions

·HB 86 – Passed by for the dayPassed

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Notable Quotes

“While we are watching the wild turkey population across the state of Virginia and there are places where there aren't as many as there may have been at one point, not yet any danger of them being eliminated entirely from Campbell county or from any of the others. So, you know, this bill really directs us to do things how we've been doing them to date in my estimation.”

Ryan Brown, Executive Director, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources — Brown was responding to questions about HB 767, which would require the Board of Wildlife Resources to adjust regulations to accommodate recovery of scarce wildlife species. The bill sponsor cited constituent hunters' concerns, but Brown characterized the bill as unnecessary given existing DWR practices.

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Votes

Pass HB 86 by for the dayPassed
Strike HB 115 and HB 1064 from docket (combined motion)Passed
Lay HB 767 on the tablePassed
Adopt line amendments to HB 407Passed
Lay HB 407 on the tablePassed
Adopt substitute for HB 70Passed
Report HB 70 as substitutedPassed
Report HB 759Passed
Report HB 714Passed
Adopt substitute for HB 846Passed
Report HB 846 as substitutedPassed
Strike HB 104 from docketNo Vote
Strike HB 105 from docketNo Vote
Re-refer HB 672 to Committee of Labor and CommercePassed
Adopt substitute for HB 237Passed
Report HB 237 as substitutedPassed
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TranscriptPreview
Good morning, and welcome to our second Natural Resources Subcommittee meeting. Mr. Clerk, if we can take roll. All right. Mr. Clerk, if we have a quorum, if we can close roll, please. Thank you. We have a couple of administrative actions this morning. All right, if we can get a motion to pass by House Bill 86 for. For the day. So moved. Second. Right. There's been a motion properly seconded to pass BY House Bill 86 from delegate law. Fir. All those in favor say aye. Thank you. I have a motion to strike two bills or a request to strike two bills. Mr. Clerk. House Bill 115 from Delegate Ward and House Bill 1064 from Delegate Hodges have been requested by the patrons to be stricken from the docket. Madam Chair, I say move. Thank you. All right, that motion has been properly made and seconded to strike House Bill 115 and 1064. That's a recorded vote. And give Mr. Clerk one second, and he will help open the rolls. All right. I think if you can close the roll in that those bills are stricken from our docket by vote of 8 to 0. All right,…
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