---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Quality, Department of; civil penalties, written notice of violation of regulations."
description: "Environmental Quality, Department of; civil penalties, written notice of violation of regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1501"
citation: "Virginia SB 1501 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e21194c-078b-44de-97b0-59402b2ac42e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1501"
source_hash: "d4288a659554b3d29385bdb82c2308e976665f814e4ce1b06959ac1b62ec42f0"
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 1501 (2023) — Environmental Quality, Department of; civil penalties, written notice of violation of regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0718** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0718)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104475D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1501)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23104475D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1501E)
4. **SB1501ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1501ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104475D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1501)
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1501E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23104475D-E
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1501E)
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1501ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1501ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e21194c-078b-44de-97b0-59402b2ac42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).