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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells."
+description: "Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 910"
+citation: "Virginia SB 910 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mines and Mining"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-27"
+last_action: "2017-02-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a394d1a2-9f15-4cee-a2fa-dd8c7f56e8cd"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB910"
+source_hash: "c71fb7724423e523fb50617d7a2232157fa406d1c35831da20d338aa61cb39e8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 910 (2017) — Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0017)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB910ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB910ER)
+3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101275D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB910)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101275D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
+- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
+- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a394d1a2-9f15-4cee-a2fa-dd8c7f56e8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+