Virginia Senate Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Nutrient credit calculations outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Establishes that nutrient credits generated through stream restoration projects that are certified or recertified by the Department of Environmental Quality and located in tributaries outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed may be calculated using a delivery factor deemed by the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to be based on the best available scientific and technical information appropriate for the tributaries outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Nutrient credit calculations outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Establishes that nutrient credits generated through stream restoration projects that are certified or recertified by the Department of Environmental Quality and located in tributaries outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed may be calculated using a delivery factor deemed by the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to be based on the best available scientific and technical information appropriate for the tributaries outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Chesapeake Bay; nutrient credit calculations outside the watershed.

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

2023-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (86-Y 10-N 2-A) (Y: 86 N: 10 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 1-N) (Y: 18 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0723)
2023-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB959ER)
2023-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-20	House	VOTE: Passage (86-Y 10-N 2-A)
2023-02-20	House	Passed House (86-Y 10-N 2-A)
2023-02-20	House	Read third time
2023-02-17	House	Read second time
2023-02-15	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 1-N)
2023-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2023-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-02-07	House	Read first time
2023-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-03	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB959S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105844D-S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105844D-S1
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103911D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	44.19:20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB959
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB959+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB959S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB959ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0723+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105844D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB959FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB959FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S01V0054+SB0959
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0212SB0959+SB0959
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0236SB0959+SB0959
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0237SB0959+SB0959
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0102V0020+SB0959
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H01V0113+SB0959
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2043+SB0959