---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund; assessment of reclamation tax revenues."
description: "Repeals the"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2200"
citation: "Virginia HB 2200 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mines and Mining"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f62b55d-2097-4093-92b9-dc91e59fdb82"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2200"
source_hash: "ec73a5a9417667d9a4426a42f42ede949489124f1c9fe12c01f0c9778c7953de"
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 2200 (2017) — Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund; assessment of reclamation tax revenues.

Repeals the

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0007)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2200ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2200ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101268D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2200)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101268D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Enrolled
- **2017-02-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
- **2017-02-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
- **2017-02-09** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
- **2017-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (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/1f62b55d-2097-4093-92b9-dc91e59fdb82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).