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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use."
+description: "Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1643"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1643 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kilgore"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-08"
+last_action: "2023-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdd54fb9-24dc-47b6-9daa-bf0470c25cef"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1643"
+source_hash: "d263578669ba600020f6404deaebdfadff260861e4165bf870440baf3e14397f"
+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 1643 (2023) — Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0495** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0495)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23105550D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1643H1)
+3. **HB1643ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1643ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100963D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1643)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kilgore — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100963D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from SCC (HB1643)
+- **2023-01-24** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105550D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105550D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1643H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1643H1)
+- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1643ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1643ER)
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdd54fb9-24dc-47b6-9daa-bf0470c25cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+