Virginia Senate Bill 1265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities related to construction of any natural gas transmission pipeline equal to or greater than 24 inches inside diameter. Current law authorizes such inspections only if such inside diameter is greater than 36 inches. The bill also specifies certain instances that may give rise to such inspection and authorizes the Department to issue a stop work instruction for every work area in Virginia in the event that substantial adverse impacts or likely adverse impacts are found on a repeated, frequent, and widespread basis. Natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities related to construction of any natural gas transmission pipeline equal to or greater than 24 inches inside diameter. Current law authorizes such inspections only if such inside diameter is greater than 36 inches. The bill also specifies certain instances that may give rise to such inspection and authorizes the Department to issue a stop work instruction for every work area in Virginia in the event that substantial adverse impacts or likely adverse impacts are found on a repeated, frequent, and widespread basis.

Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2021-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) (Y: 61 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1265ER)
2021-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-22	House	VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
2021-02-22	House	Passed House (61-Y 39-N)
2021-02-22	House	Read third time
2021-02-19	House	Read second time
2021-02-17	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 7-N)
2021-02-15	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2021-02-09	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2021-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2021-02-07	House	Read first time
2021-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1265S1
2021-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103789D-S1
2021-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103789D-S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2021-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101609D

SB1265 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1265
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1265+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1265S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1265ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0277+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1265F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1265FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1265FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01C0051+SB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0317SB1265+SB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0386SB1265+SB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0387SB1265+SB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0102V0004+SB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H01V0026+SB1265
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1817+SB1265