Virginia Senate Bill 673 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Nonagricultural irrigation wells prohibited outside surficial aquifer. Prohibits any person from constructing a well in a ground water management area for nonagricultural irrigation purposes except in the surficial aquifer. The bill authorizes the State Water Control Board (the Board) to adopt regulations to develop a general permit for the regulation of irrigation withdrawals from the surficial aquifer greater than 300,000 gallons in any one month. The bill directs the Board to promulgate regulations establishing criteria for determining whether the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer is adequate to meet a proposed beneficial use and requires that such regulations specify the information required to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by a golf course or any other person seeking a determination from the Department that either the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer is not adequate to meet a proposed beneficial use. The bill requires such regulations require the Department, within 30 days of receipt of a complete request, to make a determination as to the adequacy of the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer.

Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (Y: 55 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB673ER)
2020-02-27	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-24	House	Passed House (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-24	House	Read third time
2020-02-21	House	Read second time
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N)
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-13	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-27	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB673S1
2020-01-24	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105741D-S1
2020-01-24	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-24	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105741D-S1
2020-01-21	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102478D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	258.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	262	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	266	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB673
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB673+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB673S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB673ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0670+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0018+SB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0135SB0673+SB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0179SB0673+SB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0102V0034+SB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0234+SB0673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1267+SB0673