---
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).