---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Quality, Department of; consolidation of annual report."
description: "Department of Environmental Quality reports;consolidation. Consolidates varying due dates for certain reportsrelating to the Department of Environmental Quality to the Governorand the General Assembly to November 1 and requires such reportsbe submitted as part of one annual report. The bill removes the requirementthat the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission submit its annualreport to the Governor and General Assembly of North Carolina. Thebill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1379"
citation: "Virginia HB 1379 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ian T. Lovejoy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/328306f0-b011-45a7-89db-3d9afce2e5ce"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1379"
source_hash: "d8ed882cea4eba09241224968868b5ec93c7545c9f088d9f56da1746ade9aaf8"
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 1379 (2024) — Environmental Quality, Department of; consolidation of annual report.

Department of Environmental Quality reports;consolidation. Consolidates varying due dates for certain reportsrelating to the Department of Environmental Quality to the Governorand the General Assembly to November 1 and requires such reportsbe submitted as part of one annual report. The bill removes the requirementthat the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission submit its annualreport to the Governor and General Assembly of North Carolina. Thebill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0112)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107164D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1379H1)
3. **HB1379ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1379ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104106D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1379)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ian T. Lovejoy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 24104106D `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1379)
- **2024-02-07** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107164D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107164D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1379H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1379H1)
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1379ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1379ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 1/1/25) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/328306f0-b011-45a7-89db-3d9afce2e5ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).