VA SB520 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-31 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-31 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.
Sponsors
| Sen. Monty Mason [D] |
Roll Calls
2018-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N) (Y: 18 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-31 | Senate | Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N) |
| 2018-01-30 | Senate | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2018-01-29 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-01-25 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) |
| 2018-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 2018-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101531D |
Code Citations
| 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 |
