All Roll Calls
Yes: 14 • No: 0
VirginiaSB13412025 Regular SessionSenate
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; established, wildlife carcass removal tracking, reports.
Sponsored By: David W. Marsden (Democratic)
Failed
Summary
Wildlife corridors; action plan, fund, and programs; Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan; wildlife carcass removal tracking; reports. Establishes the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund to provide grants for projects that preserve or enhance wildlife corridors prioritized by the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan and associated wildlife crossing infrastructure projects and establishes a grant program for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Wildlife Resources to collaborate on disbursing moneys from the Fund. The bill directs such Departments to submit a report to the General Assembly by November 1 of each odd-numbered year concerning the Fund. The bill requires the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan created by the Department of Wildlife Resources to address the financial needs of the Plan and implement certain additional initiatives. The bill also directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to include in the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan a directive to encourage opportunities to incorporate wildlife-friendly design in flood resilience infrastructure where flood risk priorities align with priorities of the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to (i) establish and administer a program for the implementation of wildlife crossings of highways in the Commonwealth, (ii) incorporate the recommendations of the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan established by the Department of Wildlife Resources pursuant to existing law in the policies and procedures of the Department, and (iii) submit a report to the General Assembly in each even-numbered year. The bill requires the Department of Transportation and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to include in all highway maintenance contracts a requirement for such contractor to identify certain data related to wildlife carcass removal and provides that such requirement may be accomplished by using the Department's Wildlife Carcass Removal Tracking application.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
David W. Marsden
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 1/28/2025
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 14 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Left in Finance and Appropriations
2/5/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1341)
1/29/2025SenateReported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025SenateCommittee substitute printed 25106334D-S1
1/28/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1341)
1/24/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
1/13/2025SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103304D
1/13/2025Senate
Bill Text
Substitute
1/29/2025
Introduced
1/13/2025
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