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HB 487STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Norfolk, City of; Marine Resources Commission to convey easement for certain property.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

State-owned bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission; conveyance of certain easements to City of Norfolk; Coastal Storm Risk Management Program. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to convey to the City of Norfolk, in locations acceptable to the Commission, permanent easement interests, temporary construction easements, and fee simple interests in subaqueous land that are necessary for the City’s Phase I drawings, defined in the bill, pursuant to quitclaims. The bill also allows the Commission to quitclaim to the City any interest that the Commonwealth may have in and to the property known as Newton Canal, a/k/a Mahone's Canal, a/k/a Brambleton Canal, which property is located within the boundaries of City of Norfolk GPIN 1437339770.

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Docket history

Action history

  1. 7/21/2026Continued from last session
  2. 3/4/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  3. 2/24/2026Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
  4. 2/18/2026Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  5. 2/18/2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  6. 2/18/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB487)
  7. 2/17/2026Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
  8. 2/16/2026Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  9. 2/16/2026committee substitute agreed to
  10. 2/16/2026Read second time