---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use."
description: "Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Virginia HB 1520 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Motor Fuels", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-12-22"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b12f290-3c8b-480b-9a9a-8c7bafa65ebe"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1520"
source_hash: "5f4708a29aabebea5a98f3c5eb0fdb9704df63e855888cf6337351fd501adc34"
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 1520 (2017) — Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use.

Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0526)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1520ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104672D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101137D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105183D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1520S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate insisted on substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105183D-S1 — **0–100** (fail) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101137D `introduction`
- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104672D-H1
- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1520H1
- **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`
- **2017-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 17105183D-S1
- **2017-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1520S1
- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-09** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105183D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- **2017-02-13** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-14** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-14** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-15** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (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/0b12f290-3c8b-480b-9a9a-8c7bafa65ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).