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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1509"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1509 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Mines and Mining"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-20"
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last_action: "2017-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7cdab7-7414-40fd-b12a-01ee1fc260a5"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1509"
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source_hash: "36522801a6384b00e7f4bcc8e509501fc8af1a5228f4b442f8f6d85617776c18"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1509 (2017) — Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0004)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1509ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1509ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101267D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1509)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101267D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1509E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **20–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **88–10** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101267D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-20** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1509E
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- **2017-01-27** Printed as engrossed 17101267D-E
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
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- **2017-02-09** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
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- **2017-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd7cdab7-7414-40fd-b12a-01ee1fc260a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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