Virginia Senate Bill 1573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Offshore oil and gas drilling; prohibition. Prohibits the Marine Resources Commission or the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy from granting any lease or permit for oil or gas exploration or drilling, or the construction of oil or gas infrastructure, in the beds of any waters of the Commonwealth. Current law authorizes the granting of oil and gas leases on such state-owned bottomlands, which generally are those subaqueous lands lying within three miles of the shore. The bill also repeals a section of the Code of Virginia stating the Commonwealth's support for federal efforts to explore for natural gas more than 50 miles off shore.

Offshore oil and gas drilling; prohibition.

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-24	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N)
2019-01-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 19105492D-S1
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2019-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103957D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
28	2	1208	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1573
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1573+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1573S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S01V0029+SB1573