Virginia Senate Bill 1453 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. Creates proposed Title 45.2 (Mines, Minerals, and Energy) as a revision of existing Title 45.1 (Mines and Mining) and existing Title 67 (Virginia Energy Plan). Proposed Title 45.2 consists of 21 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (Administration), Subtitle II (Coal Mining), Subtitle III (Mineral Mines), Subtitle IV (Gas and Oil), and Subtitle V (Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy). The bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to the administration of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, underground and surface coal mining, underground and surface mineral mines, the Virginia Gas and Oil Act, energy from wind, solar, geothermal, and nuclear sources, and energy policy. The bill moves the remaining provisions of Title 67 that are not appropriate for inclusion in proposed Title 45.2 into other existing titles of the Code. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2021, and is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission. Revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. Creates proposed Title 45.2 (Mines, Minerals, and Energy) as a revision of existing Title 45.1 (Mines and Mining) and existing Title 67 (Virginia Energy Plan). Proposed Title 45.2 consists of 21 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (Administration), Subtitle II (Coal Mining), Subtitle III (Mineral Mines), Subtitle IV (Gas and Oil), and Subtitle V (Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy). The bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to the administration of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, underground and surface coal mining, underground and surface mineral mines, the Virginia Gas and Oil Act, energy from wind, solar, geothermal, and nuclear sources, and energy policy. The bill moves the remaining provisions of Title 67 that are not appropriate for inclusion in proposed Title 45.2 into other existing titles of the Code. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2021, and is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.

Mines and Mining and Virginia Energy Plan; revision of Titles 45.1 and 67.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2021-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)
2021-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 10/1/21)
2021-02-24		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-24	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
2021-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-19	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1453ER)
2021-02-19	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-15	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-15	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-15	House	Read third time
2021-02-12	House	Read second time
2021-02-10	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-01	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21101563D-E
2021-02-01	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1453E
2021-02-01	Senate	Amendments by Senator Edwards agreed to
2021-02-01	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2021-02-01	Senate	Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-26	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2021-01-19	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 21101563D

SB1453 (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
10	1	1332	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1333	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	221.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	161.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	399	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1051	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1505	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1600	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1649	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	2119	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	500	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1820.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1951.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	2133.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	195.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	195.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1453
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1453+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1453E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1453ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0387+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+SB1453AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1453FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1453FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01C0028+SB1453
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0161SB1453+SB1453
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0194SB1453+SB1453
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0195SB1453+SB1453
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0196SB1453+SB1453
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H01V0012+SB1453
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1564+SB1453