---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion."
description: "Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion. Provides that, for laws relating to mineral mines, the definition of mining shall not be construed to limit a one-time construction or expansion of a farm pond for agricultural irrigation or provision of water for livestock to beneficially reuse the soil or sand, provided that such pond construction or expansion project (i) is a one-time activity on that parcel of land, (ii) is completed within six months, (iii) results in a pond that is less than three acres in total, and (iv) has all necessary permits and local approvals in place before such activity begins."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1466"
citation: "Virginia HB 1466 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert S. Bloxom, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5733faa6-c8c0-41c0-b6f8-49f8a57d532f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1466"
source_hash: "54e08e411dc8bbd30f1a67babc450bac261ebee8f2c1c81822d6d7298b431f49"
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 1466 (2024) — Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion.

Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion. Provides that, for laws relating to mineral mines, the definition of mining shall not be construed to limit a one-time construction or expansion of a farm pond for agricultural irrigation or provision of water for livestock to beneficially reuse the soil or sand, provided that such pond construction or expansion project (i) is a one-time activity on that parcel of land, (ii) is completed within six months, (iii) results in a pond that is less than three acres in total, and (iv) has all necessary permits and local approvals in place before such activity begins.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0224)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107342D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1466H1)
3. **HB1466ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1466ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104193D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1466)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24104193D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1466)
- **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 24107342D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1466H1)
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107342D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1466H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1466ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1466ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** 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`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 224 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5733faa6-c8c0-41c0-b6f8-49f8a57d532f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).