Water in the 2015 Virginia General Assembly

The 2015 Virginia General Assembly session convened January 14, and all bills had to be filed by January 23. The session adjourned on February 27 (one day before the scheduled adjournment date). The reconvened (“veto”) session was held April 15. In the tables below, the Virginia Water Resources Research Center (the Water Center; online at http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/) lists 158 measures in the 2015 Assembly dealing with water resources directly or indirectly, including two budget bills and three bills related to the Commonwealth’s budget process. The list also includes seven proposed amendments to the Virginia Constitution, dealing with the budget process, food production, and transportation financing.