Virginia House Bill 643 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-18 - Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Pipeline construction; certification requirement; minimum diameter; stop work orders. Reduces from 36 inches to 24 inches the minimum inside diameter of a natural gas transmission pipeline for which an individual Virginia Water Protection Permit, rather than a general permit, is required to conduct activities in wetlands or state waters or an additional upland activity certification is required to obtain a Clean Water Act Certification. The bill reduces from 15 percent to 10 percent the minimum grade of a slope on which any construction activities will trigger the requirement for such additional upland activity certification. The measure requires the Department of Environmental Quality, within five business days of the issuance of a stop work instruction, to notify the pipeline company of specific corrective measures that shall be completed and approved by the Department before any land-disturbing activity may be resumed. The bill authorizes the State Water Control Board, in addition to the Department, to issue such stop work instructions and adds requirements and restrictions on any further construction once such an instruction is issued.

Pipeline construction; certification requirement, minimum diameter, stop work orders.

Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N 1-A) (Y: 57 N: 41 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-18	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 1-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-10	House	VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N 1-A)
2020-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N 1-A)
2020-02-07	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB643H1
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107653D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Read second time
2020-02-06	House	Read first time
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute printed 20107653D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2020-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104036D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	44.15:20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.15:21	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.15:37.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.15:58.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.15:80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.15:81	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB643
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB643+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB643H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0103V0036+HB0643
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0160+HB0643
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0727+HB0643
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0105+HB0643