republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1509.md

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Bill	Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens.	Increases, from a range of $200 to $1,000 per acre to a fixed amount of $3,000 per acre, the mandatory bond amount furnished by operators on mining land. The bill increases the minimum size of the Minerals Reclamation Fund from $250,000 to $2 million. The bill also grants the Commonwealth a lien on property owned by the operator and reclaimed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and sets out the process by which the Director shall perfect or waive the lien.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1509	Virginia HB 1509 (2017)	bill	Mines and Mining	enacted	R. Lee Ware	4	18	6	2016-12-20	2017-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/dd7cdab7-7414-40fd-b12a-01ee1fc260a5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1509	36522801a6384b00e7f4bcc8e509501fc8af1a5228f4b442f8f6d85617776c18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1509 (2017) — Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens.

Increases, from a range of $200 to $1,000 per acre to a fixed amount of $3,000 per acre, the mandatory bond amount furnished by operators on mining land. The bill increases the minimum size of the Minerals Reclamation Fund from $250,000 to $2 million. The bill also grants the Commonwealth a lien on property owned by the operator and reclaimed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and sets out the process by which the Director shall perfect or waive the lien.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1509ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101267D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101267D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 20–2 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 88–10 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101267D introduction
• 2016-12-20 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB1509E
• 2017-01-27 Printed as engrossed 17101267D-E
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-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
• 2017-02-08 Enrolled
• 2017-02-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-08 Signed by President
• 2017-02-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
• 2017-02-09 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
• 2017-02-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd7cdab7-7414-40fd-b12a-01ee1fc260a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).