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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion."
+description: "Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements. This bill is identical to SB 248."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 831"
+citation: "Virginia HB 831 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-01-12"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8b7d256-a6bb-4fa1-a117-f29cac7adbe5"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB831"
+source_hash: "9e8943c7e1e73d324d05e232219289c40ee26cd722ea64be287113a99631a0bf"
+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 HB 831 (2022) — Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion.
+
+Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements. This bill is identical to SB 248.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0539** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0539)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 22105301D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB831H1)
+3. **HB831ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB831ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100962D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB831)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100962D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB831)
+- **2022-01-24** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
+- **2022-02-02** Committee substitute printed 22105301D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2022-02-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB831H1)
+- **2022-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22105301D-H1
+- **2022-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB831H1
+- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-08** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2022-02-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-01** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB831ER)
+- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
+- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8b7d256-a6bb-4fa1-a117-f29cac7adbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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