Legislation - HB0034

Title: Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Inventory and Improvements (Mason's Law)
Sponsored by: Delegates Bouchat, Fair, Moon, Schindler, Allen, Behler, Boyce, Foley, Fraser-Hidalgo, Guyton, J. Long, Lewis, Odom, Stein, T. Morgan, and Ziegler
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring, by April 1, 2028, a municipality to inventory and prioritize all existing open drainage inlets in the municipality and construct or install certain improvements on a new or existing open drainage inlet within the municipality; requiring, in each of fiscal years 2029 through 2031, $250,000 of the money appropriated to the comprehensive flood management grant program within the Department of the Environment be used to provide matching funds to assist with certain costs; etc.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

Committee Testimony

Witness List

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0189

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/21/2025 Legislative Date 10/21/2025 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/14/2026 Legislative Date 1/14/2026 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Required Grating Systems (Mason's Law) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/19/2026 Legislative Date 1/19/2026 Action Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/19/2026 Legislative Date 3/19/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/19/2026 Legislative Date 3/06/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {213326/1 Adopted Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/19/2026 Legislative Date 3/06/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Inventory and Improvements (Mason's Law) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/20/2026 Legislative Date 3/08/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (131-0) Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/06/2026 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	10/21/2025	10/21/2025	Pre-filed
House	1/14/2026	1/14/2026	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Required Grating Systems (Mason's Law)
House	1/19/2026	1/19/2026	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/19/2026	3/19/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
House	3/19/2026	3/06/2026	Favorable with Amendments {213326/1 Adopted	43 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/19/2026	3/06/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	43 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Inventory and Improvements (Mason's Law)
House	3/20/2026	3/08/2026	Third Reading Passed (131-0)	45 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2026	3/06/2026	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment	45 Click to view Recorded Media

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