---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hydraulic fracturing; drilling through any portion of a groundwater management area, prohibition."
description: "Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;hydraulic fracturing prohibited. Prohibits hydraulic fracturing,as defined in the bill, in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater ManagementArea."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "Virginia SB 106 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-12-08"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5060d20d-97cf-4aa9-a266-1b7fad433f07"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB106"
source_hash: "10175ed7310b6f4b7a054cc67ae86d1e131949bdc5e4f329f3936516f9a27972"
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 106 (2020) — Hydraulic fracturing; drilling through any portion of a groundwater management area, prohibition.

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;hydraulic fracturing prohibited. Prohibits hydraulic fracturing,as defined in the bill, in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater ManagementArea.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0626)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB106ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB106ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB106ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB106ES1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB106)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB106)
5. **SB106S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB106S1)

## Votes

- House amendments agreed to by Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) — **60–39** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) — **26–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101022D `introduction`
- **2019-12-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB106)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20106341D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-24** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20106341D-S1
- **2020-01-24** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-01-24** Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB106ES1
- **2020-01-24** Printed as engrossed 20106341D-ES1
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB106ES1)
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-26** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-03-02** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-03-02** Passed House with amendments (61-Y 39-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
- **2020-03-03** House amendments agreed to by Senate (25-Y 15-N)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB106ER)
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5060d20d-97cf-4aa9-a266-1b7fad433f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).