Virginia House Bill 461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 10 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-27 - Continued to 2015 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Coalbed methane gas; release of funds held in escrow or suspense. Requires the operator of certain previously pooled coalbed methane gas wells to request, by the beginning of 2015, the release of any funds held in escrow or suspense to the person who possesses a claim through a gas title. A coal claimant may halt such a release of funds by providing evidence that the coal and gas claimants have reached an agreement or that a proceeding against the gas claimant is pending. For a well that is pooled after July 1, 2014, the bill requires the operator to pay royalties directly to the gas claimant unless the coal claimant provides evidence of an agreement or a proceeding within a certain time.

Coalbed methane gas; release of funds held in escrow or suspense.

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]

2014-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2015 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N) (Y: 97 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N) (Y: 3 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-27	Senate	Continued to 2015 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2014-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2014-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-02-11	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N)
2014-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
2014-02-10	House	Read second time and engrossed
2014-02-08	House	Read first time
2014-02-07	House	Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
2014-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2014-02-05	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N)
2014-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2014-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2014-01-29	House	Reconsideration by Natural Resources Subcommittee by voice vote
2014-01-22	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N)
2014-01-13	House	Assigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources
2014-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2014-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100348D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	1	361.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	361.22:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB461
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB461+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H0102V0006+HB0461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H0102V0015+HB0461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H01V0044+HB0461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H02V0043+HB0461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0688+HB0461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S01V0083+HB0461